Epinotia tetraquetrana

Epinotia tetraquetrana
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Tortricidae
Genus: Epinotia
Species: E. tetraquetrana
Binomial name
Epinotia tetraquetrana
(Haworth, [1811])[1]
Synonyms
  • Tortrix tetraquetrana Haworth, [1811]
  • Tortrix angulana Haworth, [1811]
  • Eucosma tetraquetrana f. deficiens Dufrane, 1957
  • Phlaeodes frutelata Desmarest, in Chenu, 1857
  • Tortrix frutetana Hubner, [1823-1824]
  • Tortrix hypoleucana Frolich, 1828
  • Steganoptycha tetraquetrana kurilensis Kuznetzov, 1969
  • Epiblema tetraquetranum ab. ochreana Hauder, 1918
  • Epiblema tetraquetranum f. opacana Hauder, 1918
  • Eucosma tetraquetrana f. rufa Dufrane, 1957
  • Tortrix triquetrana Haworth, [1811]
  • Paedisca tetraquetrana f. umbratana Strand, 1901

Epinotia tetraquetrana, the square-barred bell, is a moth of the Tortricidae family. It is found from most of Europe east to the Near East and the eastern part of Palearctic ecozone.[2]

The wingspan is 12–16 mm. Adults are on wing from April to May.[3]

The young larvae bore into the stem of Betula and Alnus species. Later, they feed within a folded leaf.

References

  1. ↑ Epinotia at tortricidae.com
  2. ↑ Fauna Europaea
  3. ↑ UKmoths


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