Cnephasia cupressivorana

Cnephasia cupressivorana is a species of moth of the family Tortricidae. It is found on Corsica, Sardinia, Sicily and in Belgium, France, Spain, Italy, Switzerland, Austria, Croatia, Slovenia, Albania, Romania, North Macedonia, Greece,[2] Asia Minor and Kyrgyzstan.[3]

Cnephasia cupressivorana
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Tortricidae
Genus:
Cnephasia
Species:
C. cupressivorana
Binomial name
Cnephasia cupressivorana
Synonyms
  • Sciaphila wahlbomiana var. cupressivorana Staudinger, 1871
  • Cnephasia apenninicola Obraztsov, 1950
  • Cnephasia appenicola Obraztsov, 1950
  • Cnephasia (Cnephasia) confluentana Réal, 1951
  • Cnephasia (Cnephasia) orthoxyana Réal, 1951
  • Cnephasia (Cnephasia) orthoxyana f. reducta Réal, 1951
  • Cnephasia (Cnephasia) orthoxyana f. styx Réal, 1951

The wingspan is 16–20 mm. Adults are on wing from March to the end of May, probably in one generation per year.[4]

The larvae feed on Cupressus, Scrophularia and Prunus armeniaca.

References
  1. tortricidae.com
  2. Fauna Europaea
  3. 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:
  4. "LOT Moths and Butterflies". Archived from the original on 2014-07-14. Retrieved 2014-06-13.


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