Zeiraphera griseana

The Zeiraphera griseana, the larch tortrix, is a moth of the family Tortricidae.

Caterpillar of Zeiraphera griseana on European larch (Larix decidua

Zeiraphera griseana
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Tortricidae
Genus: Zeiraphera
Species:
Z. griseana
Binomial name
Zeiraphera griseana
(Hübner, 1799)[1]
Synonyms
  • Zeiraphera diniana
  • Tortrix griseana Hubner, [1796-1799]
  • Steganoptycha diniana var. desertana Caradja, 1916
  • Sphaleroptera diniana Guenee, 1845
  • Poecilochroma occultana Douglas, 1846
  • Grapholitha pinicolana Lienig & Zeller, 1846

Description

The wingspan is 16–22 mm. The long, narrow forewings are greyish brown, lightly speckled with whitish.[2] The brown-gray hindwings are broader than the forewings.[3]

Biology

Zeiraphera griseana is a single-brooded species.[4] Adults are on wing in July depending on the location. Larvae live inside a tube-like spinning among the leaves.[2] They feed on the needles of Larix species (Larix gmelini and Larix decidua), Picea asperata, Abies fabri, Pinus sylvestris and Pinus cembra.[5]

Distribution

This species is present in Europe, China (Hebei, Inner Mongolia, Jilin, Shaanxi, Gansu, Xinjiang), Korea, Japan, Russia and North America.[5]

Bibliography
  • Friedrich-Karl Holtmeier: Tier in der Landschaft - Einfluss und ökologische Bedeutung. Ulmer Verlag, Stuttgart 2002, ISBN 3-8001-2783-0

References
  1. Tortricidae.com
  2. UKmoths
  3. Keith P. Bland, J. Razowski, E.F. Hancock Tortricidae, part 2: Olethreutinae
  4. Suffolk Moth
  5. A. H. Zhang & H. H. Li Catalogue of Eucosmini from China (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae)


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