Archips crataegana
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Tortricidae
Genus: Archips
Species:
A. crataegana
Binomial name
Archips crataegana
(Hubner, [1796-1799])[1]
Synonyms
  • Tortrix crataegana Hubner, [1796-1799]
  • Archips crataegana ab. confluens Obraztsov, 1955
  • Archips endoi Yasuda, 1975
  • Tortrix roborana Hubner, [1796-1799]
  • Cacoecia crataegana var. rubromaculata Schawerda, 1933

Archips crataegana, the brown oak tortrix, is a moth of the family Tortricidae. It is found in most of Europe[2] east to Japan.

Eggs

The wingspan is about 20 mm for males and about 25 mm for females. Adults are sexually dimorphic. The forewings have a sinuate termen There is an irregular vertical, costal fold from the base to 2/3 and light brown or ochreous-brown There is a transverse dorsal spot near the base. The central fascia has the anterior edge angulated below middle. The costal patch is extended as a streak to the termen above the tornus. It is dark ochreous-brown. The fascia is attenuated and sometimes obsolete towards costa. The hindwings are grey, the apex in female sometimes yellowish.[3] Julius von Kennel provides a full description.[4]

They are on wing from June to August.[5]

The larvae feed on various deciduous trees, including Quercus, Ulmus, Fraxinus and Salix species. They feed in a tightly-rolled leaf. The species overwinters as an egg.[6]

Subspecies

  • Archips crataeganus crataeganus
  • Archips crataeganus endoi Yasuda, 1975 (South Korea, Japan, China: Heilongjiang, Jilin, Shaanxi, Sichuan)

References

  1. ↑ Archips at tortricidae.com
  2. ↑ Fauna Europaea
  3. ↑ 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
  4. ↑ Julius von Kennel, 1921, The Palaearktischen Tortriciden, eine monographische Darstellung. Stuttgart: E. Schweizerbart'sche Verlagsbuchhandlung. 742 pp. - Palaearctic Tortricidae, a monograph.pdf at Zobodat 129-130
  5. ↑ UKmoths
  6. ↑ Revision of Tribe Archipini (Tortricidae: Tortricinae) in Northeast China


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