Epinotia trigonella

Epinotia trigonella
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Tortricidae
Genus:	Epinotia
Species:	E. trigonella
Binomial name
Epinotia trigonella (Linnaeus, 1758)[1][2]
Synonyms
Phalaena (Tinea) trigonella Linnaeus, 1758 Phalaena bimaculana Donovan, [1808] Grapholitha biscutana Wocke, 1862 Paedsica cervana Eversmann, 1844 Paedisca dissimilana Treitschke, 1835 Teras indecorana Zetterstedt, 1839 Eucosma petalonota Meyrick, 1937 Phalaena (Tortrix) similana Hubner, 1793 Tortrix straemiana Haworth, [1811] Pyralis stroemiana Fabricius, 1781

The Birch Epinotia Moth (Epinotia trigonella) is a species of moth of the Tortricidae family. It is found in most of Europe, east to the eastern Palearctic ecozone. It is also found in North America.

The wingspan is 16–21 mm.^[3] Adults are on wing from August to September.

The larvae feed on Betula species. They feed between folded or spun leaves of their host plant.

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