Capua vulgana

Capua vulgana
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Tortricidae
Genus: Capua
Species: C. vulgana
Binomial name
Capua vulgana
(Frölich, 1828)[1]
Synonyms
  • Tortrix vulgana Frölich, 1828
  • Tortrix favillaceana Hübner, [1814-1817]
  • Tortrix marcidana Frölich, 1828
  • Capua ochraceana Stephens, 1834
  • Capua terreana Treitschke, 1835

Capua vulgana is a moth of the Tortricidae family. It is found from Ireland and Great Britain, east through the Benelux, Fennoscandia and central and south-eastern Europe to Siberia and Sakhalin to the Kuriles. It is also found in China (Heilongjiang, Inner Mongolia, Jilin, Sichuan, Shandong) and Taiwan.

The wingspan is 13–19 mm. Adults are on wing from May to June.

The larvae feed on the leaves of a wide range of woodland trees and plants, including Alnus, Sorbus and Vaccinium.

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