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.

References

  1. ↑ Fauna Europaea
  2. ↑ mothphotographersgroup
  3. ↑ UKmoths
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