| Olethreutes arcuella | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Tortricidae |
| Genus: | Olethreutes |
| Species: | O. arcuella |
| Binomial name | |
| Olethreutes arcuella (Clerck, 1759) | |
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Olethreutes arcuella, the arched marble, is a colorful small moth species of the family Tortricidae.
Synonyms
Junior synonyms of this species are:
- Olethreutes arcuellus (lapsus)
- Phalaena arcuana Linnaeus, 1761
- Phalaena arcuella Clerck, 1759
- Phalaena lambergiana Scopoli, 1763
- Tortrix arcuana (Linnaeus, 1761)
Distribution
This species can be found in most of Europe, in the eastern Palearctic realm, and in the Near East.
Habitat
These moths inhabit woodland, fields, hill pasture and heaths.
Description
Olethreutes arcuella has a wingspan of 14–18 mm. Forewings of these medium size moths have an orange-rufous ground colour, with some yellow patches, a few metallic blue-grey or silver-colored streaks and a wide black marking in the middle, which includes a row of three small, silver colored spots. The hindwings are brown. The caterpillars are purplish- gray to violet-brown and have a yellowish-brown head.
This species is quite similar to Olethreutes subtilana, but has rather narrower wings.
Biology
This species usually has one generation (univoltine). The flight time of these day-active moths ranges between late May and August. The caterpillars feed on dead and dried out leaves and similar plant material. Also pupation takes place in plant debris.
Bibliography
- Baixeras, J.; Brown, J.W. & Gilligan, T.M. (2009): Online World Catalogue of the Tortricidae – Olethreutes arcuella. Version 1.3.1. Retrieved 2010-APR-19.
- Savela, Markku (2005): Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and some other life forms – Olethreutes arcuellus . Version of 2005-SEP-16. Retrieved 2010-APR-19.
- Grabe, Albert (1942): Eigenartige Geschmacksrichtungen bei Kleinschmetterlingsraupen . Zeitschrift des Wiener Entomologen-Vereins 27: 105-109 . PDF fulltext
References
- Baixeras et al. (2009), and see references in Savela (2005)
- Fauna Europaea
- ^ UK Moths
- ^ Keith P. Bland, J. Razowski, E.F. Hancock The Moths and Butterflies of Great Britain and Ireland - Tortricidae, part 2: Olethreutinae
- Grabe (1942)
- Lepidoptera of Belgium
- Lot Moths and Butterflies
External links
- Waarneming.nl (in Dutch)
- Svenska fjärilar (in Swedish)
- Papillon de Poitou-Charentes (in French)
- Lepiforum
- Natur-lexikon
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| Olethreutes arcuella |
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