Aethes rubigana

Aethes rubigana, the burdock conch, is a moth of the family Tortricidae. It was described by Treitschke in 1830. It is found in most of Europe, except the Iberian Peninsula and part of the Balkan Peninsula.[2] Outside of Europe, it is found in China (Beijing, Hebei, Heilongjiang, Jilin, Liaoning, Ningxia), Japan and Russia.[3]

Aethes rubigana
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Tortricidae
Genus: Aethes
Species:
A. rubigana
Binomial name
Aethes rubigana
Synonyms
  • Tortrix rubigana Treitschke, 1830
  • Tortrix badiana Hübner, [1796-1799]
  • Cochylis rubigana var. obscurana Chrétien, 1893
  • Aethes rubidana Kuznetzov, in Falkovitsh & Medvedev, 1989

The wingspan is 15–19 millimetres (0.59–0.75 in). Adults are on wing from late June to August in western Europe.[4]

The larvae feed on the seedheads Arctium species (including Arctium lappa and possibly Arctium minus). Full-grown larvae overwinter from October in a cocoon on the ground or occasionally in the seedhead. Pupation takes place within this cocoon.[5]

References
  1. Baixeras, J.; Brown, J. W. & Gilligan, T. M. "Online World Catalogue of the Tortricidae". Tortricid.net. Retrieved September 27, 2012.
  2. "Aethes rubigana (Treitschke, 1830)". Fauna Europaea. 2.6.2. 29 August 2013. Retrieved 9 June 2017.
  3. Yinghui Sun; Houhun Li. "A Brief Summary of Tribe Cochylini from China (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae: Tortricinae)" (PDF). Tianjin: Nankai University.
  4. Kimber, Ian. "49.128 BF946 Aethes rubigana (Treitschke, 1830)". UKMoths. Retrieved 11 October 2020.
  5. Lepidoptera of Belgium Archived September 1, 2011, at the Wayback Machine


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