Carcina quercana

Carcina quercana is a species of moth of the family Depressariidae. It is found in Europe. It has been introduced recently in North America, British Columbia and western Washington. It is occasionally known by several common names including oak lantern, long-horned flat-body, and oak-skeletonizer moth (the last most common in North America).

A leaf of Sorbus torminalis with larval web
Larva

Carcina quercana
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Depressariidae
Genus: Carcina
Species:
C. quercana
Binomial name
Carcina quercana
(Fabricius, 1775)
Synonyms
List
    • Pyralis quercana Fabricius, 1775
    • Tortrix fagana Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775
    • Tinea cancella Hübner, [1824]
    • Lampros faganella Treitschke, 1833
    • Carcina purpurana Millière, 1874

The wingspan is 16–20 mm.[1] The forewings are light ochreous, more or less purple-tinged, sprinkled with dark fuscous; costal edge purple; a yellow blotch along costa near base, and another beyond middle; a fuscous transverse line at 1/4, followed by a yellowish suffusion towards dorsum; stigmata dark grey, plical usually faint; a terminal purple line; cilia bright yellow except on tornus. Hindwings are yellow-whitish, apex rosy-tinged. The larva is pale green; dorsal line darker, paler -edged; head yellowish-green,[2]

The larvae feed on various deciduous trees, including oak and beech.

References
  1. Ian Kimber (January 1, 1998). "Carcina quercana". ukmoths.org.uk. Archived from the original on December 24, 2011. Retrieved 2008-12-03.
  2. Meyrick, E., 1895 A Handbook of British Lepidoptera MacMillan, London pdf Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain. Keys and description


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