Bactra bactrana
| Bactra bactrana | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Tortricidae |
| Genus: | Bactra |
| Species: | B. bactrana |
| Binomial name | |
| Bactra bactrana (Kennel, 1901)[1] | |
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Bactra bactrana is a species of moth of the Tortricidae family. It is found on the Canary Islands, Sicily and Malta and in southern Spain, Portugal, southern Italy, France, Greece,[2] Morocco, Algeria, Egypt, Asia Minor, Arabia, Iraq, Iran, the Caucasus, Afghanistan, the Caspian area, Tadzhikistan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, Pakistan, India,[3] the Republic of Congo, Madagascar, Sudan and Gambia.
The wingspan is 12–19 mm for males and 13–21 mm for females. The ground colour of the forewings is ochreous yellow with dense greyish sprinkling. The hindwings are brown.[4] Adults have been recorded on wing in July in Europe.
The larvae feed on Poa species[5] and Cynodon dactylon.[6]
References
- ↑ tortricidae.com
- ↑ Fauna Europaea
- ↑ 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:
- ↑ lepiforum.de
- ↑ European Butterflies and Moths
- ↑ Afro Moths
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