Epinotia signatana

"Steganoptycha signatana" redirects here. As incorrectly used by Walsingham, this name refers to Crocidosema plebejana.
Epinotia signatana
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Section: Cossina
Family: Tortricidae
Genus: Epinotia
Species: E. signatana
Binomial name
Epinotia signatana
(Douglas, 1845)[1]
Synonyms
  • Steganoptycha signatana Douglas, 1845
  • Sericoris signatana Douglas, 1845
  • Grapholitha kroesmanniana Heinemann, 1863
  • Grapholitha padana Lienig & Zeller, 1846
  • Sericoris signata Caradja, 1903

Epinotia signatana is a moth of the Tortricidae family. It is found from England and Scandinavia to the Mediterranean Sea, to eastern Russia, China (Jilin, Shaanxi), Korea, Burma and Japan.[2]

The wingspan is 14–16 mm. Adults are on wing in June and July.

The larvae feed on Prunus spinosa, Prunus avium and Prunus padus. It has also been recorded from Prunus cerasus, Crataegus and Malus sylvestris. Larvae feed in a folded leaf or a spun shoot of the host plant.

References

  1. ↑ tortricidae.com
  2. ↑ Catalogue of Eucosmini from China (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae)
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