Apotomis sororculana

Apotomis sororculana
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Tortricidae
Genus:	Apotomis
Species:	A. sororculana
Binomial name
	Apotomis sororculana; (Zetterstedt, 1839)[1]
Synonyms
	Penthina sororculana Zetterstedt, 1839; Penthina praelongana Guenee, 1845;

Apotomis sororculana is a moth of the family Tortricidae. It is found in most of Europe, and in the eastern part of the Palearctic realm.

The wingspan is 17–20 mm. The forewings are narrower than in Apotomis betuletana, white, sometimes partly ochreous- tinged, posteriorly with thick grey striae basal patch, central fascia, and included space brown much spotted with black, somewhat mixed with white, especially on space towards costa, posterior edge of fascia slightly concave,with two prominences on lower half ; a brown terminal streak from apex, preceded by several black dots. Hindwings are light grey, darker terminally.[2]

Adults are on wing from May to July.[3]

The larvae feed on Betula species. They live between two leaves spun together.[4]

References

Fauna Europaea
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
UKmoths
Lepidoptera of Belgium Archived February 17, 2011, at the Wayback Machine

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[1] Fauna Europaea

[2] 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

[3] UKmoths

[4] Lepidoptera of Belgium Archived February 17, 2011, at the Wayback Machine