Blastesthia tessulatana

Blastesthia tessulatana
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Tortricidae
Genus: Blastesthia
Species: B. tessulatana
Binomial name
Blastesthia tessulatana
(Staudinger, 1871)[1]
Synonyms
  • Retinia tessulatana Staudinger, 1871
  • Pseudoccyx tessulatana

Blastesthia tessulatana, the Cone Tortricid, is a species of moth of the Tortricidae family. It is found in the Near East, North Africa, Portugal, Spain, France, Germany, Italy, Switzerland, Albania, Bulgaria, Greece and on Malta, Sicily, Sardinia and Cyprus.[2]

The wingspan is 13–17 mm. Adults are on wing from April to August.[3]

The larvae feed on Cupressaceae species, including Cupressus sempervirens.[4] They feed on the cones of their host plant.[5] Larvae can be found from September to April.

References

  1. ↑ tortricidae.com
  2. ↑ Fauna Europaea
  3. ↑ European Butterflies and Moths
  4. ↑ microlepidoptera.nl
  5. ↑ Impact of insects damaging seed cones of cypress, Cupressus sempervirens, in natural stands and plantations of southeastern Europe
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