Paracroesia abievora
| Paracroesia abievora | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Tortricidae |
| Genus: | Paracroesia |
| Species: | P. abievora |
| Binomial name | |
| Paracroesia abievora (Issiki, 1961) | |
| Synonyms | |
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Paracroesia abievora is a moth of the Tortricidae family. It is found in Japan and the Russian Far East.[1]
Adults have yellow and brown wings with black dots at the tips and a wingspan of 10 to 14 millimetres (0.39 to 0.55 in). The larva is generally 9 millimetres (0.35 in) long. The species has only one generation yearly, the moths flying only from late April through late May.[2]
The larvae feed on Abies firma.[3]
References
- ↑ Baixeras, J., Brown, J. W., and Gilligan, T. M. "Paracroesia". Online World Catalogue of the Tortricidae. Tortricidae.com. Retrieved 28 July 2011.
- ↑ Yashuda, T. (1972). The Tortricinae and Sparganothinae of Japan. pp. 79–251.
- ↑ Paracroesia at funet
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