Phtheochroa duponchelana

Phtheochroa duponchelana is a species of moth of the family Tortricidae. It is found in Portugal, southern France, Italy, Sicily, Malta, Crete, Albania, former Yugoslavia, southern Hungary, North Macedonia, Greece,[2] Asia Minor, Lebanon, Syria, Morocco and Algeria.[3]

Phtheochroa duponchelana
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Tortricidae
Genus: Phtheochroa
Species:
P. duponchelana
Binomial name
Phtheochroa duponchelana
(Duponchel in Godart, 1843)[1]
Synonyms
  • Sericoris duponchelana Duponchel in Godart, 1843
  • Sericoris duponcheliana Costa, 1847
  • Tortrix gloriosana Herrich-Schaffer, 1847
  • Tortrix (Phtheochroa) gloriosana Herrich-Schaffer, 1851
  • Hysterosia syriaca Walsingham, 1900

The wingspan is 18–22 mm. Adults have been recorded on wing from April to May and in July.

The larvae feed on Acanthus spinosus.

References
  1. tortricidae.com
  2. Fauna Europaea
  3. Phtheochroa at funet
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