Agapeta hamana

Agapeta hamana is a moth of the family Tortricidae. It is found in Europe (from the Iberian Peninsula to the Ural Mountains), western and southern Siberia, the Caucasus, Kazakhstan, Transcaucasia, Asia Minor, Central Asia, Iran, Afghanistan, Mongolia, western China and northern India.[2]

Agapeta hamana
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Tortricidae
Genus: Agapeta
Species:
A. hamana
Binomial name
Agapeta hamana
Synonyms
  • Phalaena hamana Linnaeus, 1758
  • Euxanthis hamana ab. albana Dufrane, 1960
  • Euxanthis hamana ab. albana Schille, 1917
  • Euxanthis hamana ab. deficiens Dufrane, 1960
  • Euxanthis hamana ab. depuncta Obraztsov, 1943
  • Phalaena diversana Hubner, 1793
  • Euxanthis hamana ab. periphragmella Schawerda, 1911

The wingspan is 15–25 mm. The moth flies from June to August, from dusk.

The larvae feed on Carduus.

References
  1. tortricidae.com
  2. Trematerra, P., 2010: Clepsis trifasciata sp. n. with notes on some Lepidoptera Tortricidae from Kirgizstan. Journal of Entomological and Acarological Research Serie II 42 (1): 1-10. Abstract and full article:


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