Lobesia fuligana

Lobesia fuligana is a moth belonging to the family Tortricidae. The species was first described by Adrian Hardy Haworth in 1811.[2] It is found in Europe.

Lobesia fuligana
Lobesia fuligana figures 45-48
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Tortricidae
Genus: Lobesia
Species:
L. fuligana
Binomial name
Lobesia fuligana
(Haworth, 1811)
Synonyms[1]
  • Lobesia abscisana (Doubleday, 1849)

The wingspan is 10-13 mm. The forewings are ochreous-whitish, strigulated with dark fuscous.The basal patch, the central fascia, and a terminal fascia which is narrowed to the tornus are dark brown. The hindwings are grey. The larva is blue-green ; head and plate of 2 yellowish-brown:[3]

This species is bivoltine flying in two generations in May and again in July-August. They are active at dusk.

The larva lives in spun shoots on: Echium vulgare, Anchusa officinalis, Artemesia and Cirsium arvense. Pupation takes places in a cocoon, spun amongst surface litter.

References

  1. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Lobesia fuligana". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved 17 January 2021.
  2. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Lobesia fuligana". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved 17 January 2021.
  3. Meyrick, E., 1895 A Handbook of British Lepidoptera MacMillan, London pdf Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain. Keys and description
  • lepiforum.de as synonym of Lobesia abscisana (Doubleday, [1849])
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