Epinotia cruciana

Epinotia cruciana, the willow tortrix, is a moth of the family Tortricidae.

Epinotia cruciana
A live individual
Mounted specimen
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Tortricidae
Genus: Epinotia
Species:
E. cruciana
Binomial name
Epinotia cruciana
(Linnaeus, 1761)[1]
Synonyms
  • Phalaena cruciana Linnaeus, 1761
  • Tortrix augustana (Hübner, 1811-13)
  • Sciaphila vilisana Walker, 1863
  • Enarmonia cockleana (Kearfott, 1904)
  • Epinotia cruciana lepida Heinrich, 1924
  • Epinotia cruciana alaskae Heinrich, 1923
  • Pamplusia alticolana Stephens, 1852
  • Hypermecia angustana Desmarest, 1857
  • Tortrix brunneana Frolich, 1828
  • Sciaphila direptana Walker, 1863
  • Hypermecia excaecana Stephens, 1852
  • excoecana Herrich-Schaffer, 1849
  • Tortrix (Grapholitha) excoecana Herrich-Schaffer, 1851
  • Epinotia cruciana ab. gradli Rebel, 1929
  • Tortrix gyllenhahliana Thunberg & Borgstrm, 1784
  • Hypermecia viminana Guenee, 1845

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Description

The wingspan is 12–15 mm. This moth has a characteristic wing pattern, with a pale brown ground colour and dark brown markings of the forewings, resembling a cross (hence the Latin name cruciana of the species).[3]

Adults are on wing from June to early August.[3]

The larvae feed on various sallows and willows, mainly Salix repens, on which the larva spins together the leaves of a terminal shoot and feeds within.[3]

Distribution

This species can be found from Europe to Japan and in North America.[4]

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References
  1. Tortricidae.com
  2. Funet
  3. UKmoths
  4. Fauna Europaea


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