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Epinotia trigonella

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Species of moth

Epinotia trigonella
Epinotia trigonella Moscow Oblast
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Tortricidae
Genus: Epinotia
Species: E. trigonella
Binomial name
Epinotia trigonella
(Linnaeus, 1758)
Synonyms
  • Phalaena (Tinea) trigonella Linnaeus, 1758
  • Phalaena bimaculana Donovan,
  • Grapholitha biscutana Wocke, 1862
  • Paedsica cervana Eversmann, 1844
  • Paedisca dissimilana Treitschke, 1835
  • Teras indecorana Zetterstedt, 1839
  • Eucosma petalonota Meyrick, 1937
  • Phalaena (Tortrix) similana Hubner, 1793
  • Tortrix straemiana Haworth,
  • Pyralis stroemiana Fabricius, 1781

Epinotia trigonella, the birch epinotia moth, is a species of moth of the family Tortricidae. It is found in most of Europe, east to the eastern Palearctic realm. It is also found in North America.

The wingspan is 16–21 mm. Adults are on wing from August to September.

The larvae feed on Betula species. They feed between folded or spun leaves of their host plant.

References

  1. Fauna Europaea
  2. mothphotographersgroup
  3. UKmoths

External links

Media related to Epinotia trigonella at Wikimedia Commons

Taxon identifiers
Epinotia trigonella


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