Epinotia tetraquetrana

Epinotia tetraquetrana, the square-barred bell, is a moth of the family Tortricidae. It is found from most of Europe east to the Near East and the eastern part of the Palearctic realm.[2]

Epinotia tetraquetrana
Epinotia tetraquetrana, Sarnau, North Wales
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Tortricidae
Genus:	Epinotia
Species:	E. tetraquetrana
Binomial name
Epinotia tetraquetrana (Haworth, [1811])[1]
Synonyms
Tortrix tetraquetrana Haworth, [1811] Tortrix angulana Haworth, [1811] Eucosma tetraquetrana f. deficiens Dufrane, 1957 Phlaeodes frutelata Desmarest, in Chenu, 1857 Tortrix frutetana Hubner, [1823-1824] Tortrix hypoleucana Frolich, 1828 Steganoptycha tetraquetrana kurilensis Kuznetzov, 1969 Epiblema tetraquetranum ab. ochreana Hauder, 1918 Epiblema tetraquetranum f. opacana Hauder, 1918 Eucosma tetraquetrana f. rufa Dufrane, 1957 Tortrix triquetrana Haworth, [1811] Paedisca tetraquetrana f. umbratana Strand, 1901

The wingspan is 12–16 mm. The forewings are fuscous,darker-strigulated, often whitish-mixed. The costa is strigulated with blackish and posteriorly with white.The edge of the basal patch is suffused with ferruginous-brown, partly blackish-marked and obtusely angulated Beyond this there issometimes an obscure whitish subquadrate dorsal spot . The central fascia is darker, often ferruginous-suffused ; costal half beyond this sometimes ferruginous suffused, with some black scales. The ocellus is obscurely edged with leaden-metallic, usually preceded by a small black subdorsal spot. The termen is sinuate . There is a white subapical dash in cilia.The hindwings are grey.The larva is pale yellowish-green ; head and plate of 2 dark or light brown.[3]

Adults are on wing from April to May.[4]

The young larvae bore into the stem of Betula and Alnus species. Later, they feed within a folded leaf.