Endothenia gentianaeana

Endothenia gentianaeana
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Tortricidae
Genus: Endothenia
Species: E. gentianaeana
Binomial name
Endothenia gentianaeana
(Hubner, [1796-1799])
Synonyms
  • Tortrix gentianaeana Hubner, [1796-1799]
  • Penthina oblongana var. adelana Rebel, 1892
  • Grapholitha desertana Staudinger, 1880
  • Eucosma eremodora Meyrick, 1932
  • Apotomis gentianana Hubner, 1816
  • Penthina sellana var. oxybiana Milliere, 1874
  • Tortrix sellana Frolich, 1828

Endothenia gentianaeana is a moth of the Tortricidae family. It is found from most of Europe, east to Korea and the Near East. It is also found in North America and Hawaii.

The wingspan is 15–19 mm. Adults are on wing in June and July in western Europe.

The larvae feed in the pith of the seedhead of Dipsacus fullonum.

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