Epinotia trigonella

Epinotia trigonella, the birch epinotia moth, is a species of moth of the family Tortricidae. It is found in most of Europe, east to the eastern Palearctic realm. It is also found in North America.

Epinotia trigonella
Epinotia trigonella Moscow Oblast
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Tortricidae
Genus: Epinotia
Species:
E. trigonella
Binomial name
Epinotia trigonella
Synonyms
  • Phalaena (Tinea) trigonella Linnaeus, 1758
  • Phalaena bimaculana Donovan, [1808]
  • Grapholitha biscutana Wocke, 1862
  • Paedsica cervana Eversmann, 1844
  • Paedisca dissimilana Treitschke, 1835
  • Teras indecorana Zetterstedt, 1839
  • Eucosma petalonota Meyrick, 1937
  • Phalaena (Tortrix) similana Hubner, 1793
  • Tortrix straemiana Haworth, [1811]
  • Pyralis stroemiana Fabricius, 1781

The wingspan is 16–21 mm.[3] The forewings are dark grey-brown with two large white spots at the dorsal edge. The hindwings are light grey-brown. Adults are on wing from August to September.

The larvae feed on Betula species. They feed between folded or spun leaves of their host plant.

References
  1. Fauna Europaea
  2. mothphotographersgroup
  3. UKmoths

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