Olethreutes arcuella

Olethreutes arcuella
Adult
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Tortricidae
Tribe: Olethreutini
Genus: Olethreutes
Species: O. arcuella
Binomial name
Olethreutes arcuella
(Clerck, 1759)
Synonyms

Several, see text

Olethreutes arcuella, the Arched Marble, is a colorful small moth species of the family Tortricidae. It is found in the Palearctic ecozone.

The adults' wingspan is 14–18 mm. The caterpillars feed on dead and dried out leaves and similar plant material.[1]

Synonyms

Junior synonyms of this species are:[2]

Footnotes

  1. Grabe (1942)
  2. Baixeras et al. (2009), and see references in Savela (2005)

References

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