Pseudargyrotoza conwagana

Pseudargyrotoza conwagana is a moth of the family Tortricidae found in Asia and Europe. It was first described by the Danish entomologists, Johan Christian Fabricius in 1775.

Pseudargyrotoza conwagana
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Tortricidae
Genus: Pseudargyrotoza
Species:
P. conwagana
Binomial name
Pseudargyrotoza conwagana
(Fabricius, 1775)[1]
Synonyms
List
    • Pyralis conwagana Fabricius, 1775
    • Tortrix aeratana Kennel, 1910
    • Phalaena (Tortrix) conwayana Gmelin, 1788
    • Argyrotoxa deficiens Dufrane, 1960
    • Tortrix erebina Schawerda, 1916
    • Cochylis hoffmannseggana Treitschke, 1830
    • Agapeta hoffmanseggana Hubner, 1822
    • Tortrix hoffmanseggiana Haworth, [1811]
    • Tortrix hofmanseggana Hubner, [1796-1799]
    • Phalaena montana Scopoli, 1763
    • Tortrix spixiana Frolich, 1828
    • Argyrotoza subaurantiana Stephens, 1829
    • Commophila subaurantiana Stephens, 1834

Description

The wingspan is 11–15 mm.[2] The thorax is crested. The forewings are triangular, yellow, more or less suffused with orange or ferruginous and faintly darker-strigulated. The basal patch is often darker and always followed by a pale yellow dorsal mark. The central and terminal fasciae are often darker or blackish-mixed, edged with leaden-metallic dots. The hindwings are blackish - grey, lighter anteriorly. The larva yellow-whitish; dorsal line darker; head yellow-brownish.[3]

Adults are on wing from May to July.[2]

The larvae feed on ash (Fraxinus excelsior), Manchurian ash (Fraxinus mandshurica), privet (Ligustrum species) (including broad-leaf privet (Ligustrum lucidum)) and barberry (Berberis species).

Distribution

It is found in Europe, China (Heilongjiang, Jilin, Shaanxi, Sichuan, Beijing, Shandong), South Korea, Japan, Russia (Siberia, Ussuri) and Asia Minor.[4]

References
  1. "PSEUDARGYROTOZA Obraztsov, 1954, Tijdschr. Ent. 97: 228. Type species: "Pyralis conwagana Fabricius, 1775". [Tortricinae: Cnephasiini]". Tortricid.net. Retrieved 17 March 2023.
  2. Kimber, Ian. "49.091 BF1011 Pseudargyrotoza conwagana (Fabricius, 1775)". UKmoths. Retrieved 16 March 2023.
  3. Meyrick, Edward (1895). A Handbook of British Lepidoptera. London: Macmillan.
  4. Byun Bong-Kyu; Yan Shan-chun; Li Cheng-de (2003). "Revision of Tribe Archipini (Tortricidae: Tortricinae) in Northeast China". Journal of Forestry Research. 14: 93–102.


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