Phtheochroa pulvillana

Phtheochroa pulvillana is a species of moth of the family Tortricidae. It is found from Europe (where it has been recorded from Germany, Poland, Austria, Italy, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary, Romania, Croatia, the Republic of Macedonia and Ukraine)[2] to south-eastern Russia, Transcaucasia and Iran.[3]

Phtheochroa pulvillana
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Tortricidae
Genus:
Phtheochroa
Species:
P. pulvillana
Binomial name
Phtheochroa pulvillana
Synonyms
  • Tortrix (Phtheochroa) pulvillana Herrich-Schaffer, 1851
  • Trachysmia pulvillana
  • Hysterosia pulvillana
  • Hysterosia pulvillana dispuncta Kuznetzov, 1976

The wingspan is 16–21 mm. Adults have been recorded on wing from May to July in one generation per year.

The larvae feed on Asparagus officinalis. They feed in the stem of their host plant. The species overwinters in the larval stage.[4]

References
  1. tortricidae.com
  2. Fauna Europaea
  3. Alipanah, Helen, 2009: Synopsis of the Cochylini (Tortricidae: Tortricinae: Cochylini) of Iran, with the description of a new species. Zootaxa 2245: 1-31.
  4. Bug Wood


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