Dicanticinta diticinctana

Dicanticinta diticinctana is a species of moth of the family Tortricidae. It is found in Japan (the islands of Honshu, Kyushu and Hokkaido) and possibly China.

Dicanticinta diticinctana
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Tortricidae
Genus:
Dicanticinta
Species:
D. diticinctana
Binomial name
Dicanticinta diticinctana
Synonyms
  • Tortrix diticinctana Walsingham, 1900

The wingspan is 15–16 mm.[2] Adults are on wing from the end of June to mid-July.

The larvae have been recorded feeding on Syringa reticulata.[3]

References
  1. tortricidae.com
  2. Japanese Moths
  3. Some Japanese genera and species of the tribe Euliini (Lepidoptera, Tortricidae)
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