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Phtheochroa pulvillana
Phtheochroa pulvillana in Kennel Die palaearktischen tortriciden figure 26 female
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Tortricidae
Genus:	Phtheochroa
Species:	P. pulvillana
Binomial name
Phtheochroa pulvillana (Herrich-Schäffer, 1851)
Synonyms
Tortrix (Phtheochroa) pulvillana Herrich-Schaffer, 1851 Trachysmia pulvillana Hysterosia pulvillana Hysterosia pulvillana dispuncta Kuznetzov, 1976

Phtheochroa pulvillana is a species of moth of the family Tortricidae. It is found from Europe (where it has been recorded from Germany, Poland, Austria, Italy, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary, Romania, Croatia, North Macedonia and Ukraine) to south-eastern Russia, Transcaucasia and Iran.

The wingspan is 16–21 mm. Adults have been recorded on wing from May to July in one generation per year.

The larvae feed on Asparagus officinalis. They feed in the stem of their host plant. The species overwinters in the larval stage.

References

1. tortricidae.com
2. Fauna Europaea
3. Alipanah, Helen, 2009: Synopsis of the Cochylini (Tortricidae: Tortricinae: Cochylini) of Iran, with the description of a new species. Zootaxa 2245: 1-31.
4. Bug Wood

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