Gynnidomorpha vectisana

Gynnidomorpha vectisana
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Tortricidae
Genus: Gynnidomorpha
Species: G. vectisana
Binomial name
Gynnidomorpha vectisana
(Humphreys & Westwood, 1845)[1][2]
Synonyms
  • Cochylis vectisana Humphreys & Westwood, 1845
  • Tortrix (Cochylis) geyeriana Herrich-Schaffer, 1851
  • Tortrix geyeriana Herrich-Schaffer, 1847
  • Eupoecilia griceana Wood, 1836
  • Tortrix griseana Haworth, [1811]
  • Tortrix grisescens Durrant & Joannis, 1922
  • Eupoecilia veitisana Westwood, in Wood, 1854

Gynnidomorpha vectisana, the Small Saltern Conch, is a moth of the Tortricidae family. It was described by Humphreys and Westwood in 1845. It is found in China (Henan, Jiangxi, Jilin, Xinjiang), Japan, Korea,[3] Ireland, Great Britain, Scandinavia, the Benelux, Germany, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary, Romania, Switzerland, Austria, Italy, Spain, the Baltic region and Russia. The habitat consists of saltmarshes, fens, wet heathland and freshwater marshes.[4]

The wingspan is 9–12 mm.[5] Adults are on wing from late May to June and again from July to September in two generations per year.

The larvae feed on Plantago, Maritima, Triglochin palustre and Salicornia species. First generation larvae feed on the flowerheads, while the second generation feeds on the shoots and rootstock.[6]

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