Ptycholoma imitator

Ptycholoma imitator
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Tortricidae
Genus: Ptycholoma
Species: P. imitator
Binomial name
Ptycholoma imitator
(Walsingham, 1900)[1]
Synonyms
  • Archips imitator Walsingham, 1900

Ptycholoma imitator is a species of moth of the Tortricidae family. It is found in China (Heilongjiang, Jilin, Fujian), the Korean Peninsula, Japan (Hokkaido, Honshu) and Russia (Amur, Siberia).[2] The habitat consists of oak forests, cedar broad-leaved forests, fir broad-leaved forests, valley broad-leaved forests and gardens.

The wingspan is 18-24 for males and 24 mm for females.[3] Adults are on wing from July to August.

The larvae feed on the fruit of various plants, including Betula dahurica, Malus pumila, Malus sibirica, Salix rorida and Prunus pseudocerasus. They live within rolled leaves. The species overwinters as a young larva. Pupation takes place within the rolled leaf.[4]

References

  1. ↑ tortricidae.com
  2. ↑ Revision of Tribe Archipini (Tortricidae: Tortricinae) in Northeast China
  3. ↑ Japanese Moths
  4. ↑ Lepidopterous Fauna of the USSR and Adjacent Countries
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