Eucosma pupillana

Eucosma pupillana is a species of moth of the family Tortricidae.

Eucosma pupillana
A live individual
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Tortricidae
Genus:
Eucosma
Species:
E. pupillana
Binomial name
Eucosma pupillana
(Clerck, 1759)[1]
Synonyms
  • Phalaena pupillana Clerck, 1759
  • Tortrix absinthiana Hubner, [1796-1799]
  • Olethreutes absynthiana Hubner, 1822
  • Eucosma Phaneta pupillana saerdabana Obraztsov, 1968

Description

The wingspan is 14–19 mm. This moth has a characteristic wing pattern, with a whitish ground colour, pale brown fasciate markings on the forewings and well-developed black ocelli.[2] Adults have been recorded on wing from July to August in Europe.

The larvae feed on Artemisia absinthium. They feed inside the stems and roots of their host plant.

Distribution

This species can be found in Great Britain, Spain, France, Belgium, the Netherlands, Germany, Denmark, Austria, Switzerland, Italy included Sicily, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Slovenia, Hungary, Bulgaria, Romania, Poland, Norway, Sweden, Finland, the Baltic region, Russia[3] (Ural Mountains), Asia Minor, Iran, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan[4] and China (Heilongjiang, Shaanxi, Qinghai, Xinjiang).[5]

References
  1. Tortricidae.com
  2. Hantsmoths
  3. Fauna Europaea
  4. Trematerra, P., 2010: Clepsis trifasciata sp. n. with notes on some Lepidoptera Tortricidae from Kirgizstan. Journal of Entomological and Acarological Research Serie II 42 (1): 1-10. Abstract and full article:
  5. Catalogue of Eucosmini from China (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae)


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