Phalonidia manniana

Phalonidia manniana is a moth of the family Tortricidae. It is found in most of Europe.

Phalonidia manniana
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Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Tortricidae
Genus:	Phalonidia
Species:	P. manniana
Binomial name
Phalonidia manniana (Fischer von Röslerstamm, 1839)[1]
Synonyms
Cochylis notulana Zeller, 1847 Phalonidia tolli Razowski, 1960 Cochylis udana Guenée, 1845

The wingspan is 10–13 mm. The head is white, its sides ochreous-brown. The forewings have moderately arched costa. The forewing ground colour is whitish-ochreous, its margins strigulated with brown. There is a suffusion along the base of the costa, an oblique streak from dorsum near the base and a median fascia angulated above middle. There is a fascia-like spot from costa posteriorly which does not reach the termen, and indistinct suffusions before and above the tornus All are deep ochreous, sometimes brown-sprinkled. The hindwings are pale grey.[2]

Adults are on wing from June to August depending on the location.

Larvae have been recorded on Mentha piperita, Mentha aquatica, Mentha longifolia, Alisma plantago-aquatica, Butomus, Lycopus and Inula.