Epinotia demarniana

Epinotia demarniana
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Tortricidae
Genus: Epinotia
Species: E. demarniana
Binomial name
Epinotia demarniana
(Fischer von Röslerstamm, 1840[1][2]
Synonyms
  • Paedisca demarniana Fischer von Röslerstamm, 1840 [3]

Epinotia demarniana is a moth of the Tortricidae family found in most of Europe (except Iceland, Ireland, Portugal, Ukraine and most of the Balkan Peninsula), east to the eastern part of the Palearctic ecozone.

Epinotia demarniana has a wingspan of 12[4] to 22[5] mm.

The larvae feed within the catkins of birch (Betula), alder (Alnus) and goat willow (Salix caprea).[1] Pupation takes place on the ground in a cocoon amongst leaf litter. Adults are on wing from June to July.

References

  1. 1 2 UK Moths
  2. ↑ Norfolk Moths
  3. ↑ Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure (PESI)
  4. ↑ Lepidoptera.pl
  5. ↑ Microlepidoptera.nl (Dutch), info is in the sidebox on the left

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