Gynnidomorpha minimana

Fen conch
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Tortricidae
Genus: Gynnidomorpha
Species: G. minimana
Binomial name
Gynnidomorpha minimana
(Caradja, 1916)[1]
Synonyms
  • Conchylis minimana Caradja, 1916

Gynnidomorpha minimana, the fen conch, is a species of moth of the family Tortricidae. It is found in China (Hebei, Heilongjiang, Jianxi, Jilin, Yunnan), Taiwan, Japan, Korea, Russia and Europe,[2] where it has been recorded from Ireland, Great Britain, the Netherlands, Italy, France, Germany, Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Finland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Slovakia, Poland, Romania, Hungary, Albania and Corsica.[3] The habitat consists of heathland and mosses.[4]

The wingspan is 11–15 mm. Adults are on wing from June to July.[5]

The larvae feed on Pedicularis palustris. They feed within the flowers and seedheads of their host plant.

References

  1. tortricidae.com
  2. Sun, Y.-H. & H.H. Li, 2013: Review of the Chinese species of Gynnidomorpha Turner, 1916 (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae: Cochylini). Zootaxa 3646 (5): 545-560. Abstract: doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3646.5.4
  3. Fauna Europeae
  4. Hants Moths
  5. lepidoptera.eu
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