Epiblema costipunctana

Epiblema costipunctana is a species of moth belonging to the family Tortricidae.[1] It is native to Europe.[1]

Epiblema costipunctana
Male genitalia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Tortricidae
Genus: Epiblema
Species:
E. costipunctana
Binomial name
Epiblema costipunctana
(Haworth, 1811)

The wingspan is 13-18mm.The forewings are fuscous, sometimes ochreous- tinged, irregularly marked with black.The costa is strigulated with black and white .Three streaks from costa and the margins of ocellus are leaden - metallic. The sharply angulated edge of basal patch and the central fascia are darker and separated by a somewhat pentagonal white dorsal blotch more or less strigulated with blackish. There is a suffused blackish spot before apex. The hindwings are fuscous, in male basally whitish, with terminal and broader dorsal blackish fascia, in female posteriorly darker fuscous. The larva is pinkish-white, sharply ringed with white ; spots red ; head brown ; plate of 2 whitish or grey, posterior edge blackish.[2]

The moths fly from May to July and again from late July to September. The larvae feed on Senecio jacobaea.

References
  1. "Epiblema costipunctana (Haworth, 1811)". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 16 February 2021.
  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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