Aphelia viburnana

Aphelia viburnana, the bilberry tortrix, is a moth of the family Tortricidae. It is found in Europe, from Portugal and Great Britain to the Ural Mountains, Siberia and Mongolia, further east to the Russian Far East (Primorsk and the Kuril Islands).[2]

Bilberry tortrix
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Tortricidae
Genus:
Aphelia
Subgenus:
Aphelia
Species:
A. viburnana
Binomial name
Aphelia viburnana
Synonyms
  • Tortrix viburnana [Denis & Schiffermuller], 1775
  • Aphelia (Aphelia) viburnana
  • Pyralis viburniana Fabricius, 1787
  • Aphelia viburniana [Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775]
  • Tortrix altaica Caradja, 1916
  • Tortrix brunneana Zetterstedt, 1839
  • Tortrix donelana Carpenter, 1891
  • Tortrix galiana Curtis, 1829
  • Tortrix galiana Stephens, 1834
  • Tortrix geleana Humphreys & Westwood, 1845
  • Aphelia obsolescentana Ral, 1990
  • Tortrix scrophulariana Herrich-Schaffer, 1851
  • Tortrix teucriana Tutt, 1890
  • Tortrix unipunctana Tengstrom, 1848

The length of the forewings is about 11 mm. The forewings are narrowed anteriorly, ochreous-brownish, sometimes faintly strigulated with ferruginous; central fascia and costal patch sometimes obscurely darker. Hindwings are grey.The larva is pale olive -green or green - blackish ; spots white; head and plate of 2 pale brown, black-marked[3]

The moth flies from June to September in western Europe.

The larvae feed on Vaccinium and Ericaceae, but also Salix species.

Illustration from John Curtis's British Entomology Volume 6

References
  1. tortricidae.com
  2. Alipanah, Helen, 2009: A brief study on the tribes Tortricini and Archipini (Lepidoptera: Tortricinae) from Iran. Entomofauna Band 30, Heft 10: 137-152.
  3. Meyrick, E., 1895 A Handbook of British Lepidoptera MacMillan, London pdf This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain. Keys and description


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