Epinotia pusillana

Epinotia pusillana
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Section: Cossina
Family: Tortricidae
Genus: Epinotia
Species: E. pusillana
Binomial name
Epinotia pusillana
(Peyerimhoff, 1863)

Epinotia pusillana is a moth of the Tortricidae family. It is found from France to Poland and Finland.

The wingspan is 11–13 mm. Adults are on wing in June and July in Germany and in July and August in Poland.

The larvae feed on Abies alba. They mine the needles of the host plant.

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