Phalonidia contractana

Phalonidia contractana
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Tortricidae
Genus: Phalonidia
Species: P. contractana
Binomial name
Phalonidia contractana
(Zeller, 1847)[1]
Synonyms
  • Phalonia exaequata Meyrick, 1923
  • Conchylis manifestana Kennel, 1901
  • Phalonia thermoconis Meyrick, 1925
  • Cochylis contractana Zeller, 1847

Phalonidia contractana is a moth of the Tortricidae family. It is found in southern Europe (including Spain, southern France and Italy), Dalmatia, Macedonia, Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria, Greece, Ukraine, southern Russia (Sarepta), Uralsk, Turkey, Kuldscha, Afghanistan, Kashmir, Lebanon, China (Henan, Xinjiang), Iran, Pakistan[2] and Kyrgyzstan.[3]

The wingspan is 12−14 mm.[4]

Larvae have been recorded on Artemisia, Anthemis, Cichorium, Lactuca, Inula viscose and Inula graveolens.

References

  1. ↑ tortricidae.com
  2. ↑ A Brief Summary of Tribe Cochylini from China (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae: Tortricinae)
  3. ↑ Trematerra, P., 2010: Clepsis trifasciata sp. n. with notes on some Lepidoptera Tortricidae from Kirgizstan. Journal of Entomological and Acarological Research Serie II 42 (1): 1-10. Abstract and full article:
  4. ↑ Sun, Y.-H. & H.H. Li, 2013: Taxonomic review of Chinese Phalonidia Le Marchand, 1933 (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae: Cochylini). Zootaxa 3641 (5): 533-553. Abstract: doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3641.5.3
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