Aphelia ferrugana

Aphelia ferrugana
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Tortricidae
Genus: Aphelia
Species: A. ferrugana
Binomial name
Aphelia ferrugana
(Hübner, 1793)[1]
Synonyms
  • Phalaena (Tortrix) ferrugana Hübner, 1793
  • Aphelia ferugana
  • Tortrix ochreana Hubner, [1796-1799]
  • Aphelia ochrana Hubner 1799
  • Aphelia amplana chretieni Obraztsov, 1957
  • Tortricomorpha shaqlawana Amsel, 1955

Aphelia ferrugana is a species of moth of the Tortricidae family. It is found in central and south-eastern Europe, the south-eastern part of European Russia, Ukraine, the Caucasus, Asia Minor, Syria, Iraq and Iran.[2]

The wingspan is 19–23 mm.[3] Adults are on wing from May to the end of July in one generation per year.

The larvae feed on Pulsatilla, Anemone and Ononis species.

References

  1. ↑ Fauna Europaea
  2. ↑ Alipanah, Helen, 2009: A brief study on the tribes Tortricini and Archipini (Lepidoptera: Tortricinae) from Iran. Entomofauna Band 30, Heft 10: 137-152.
  3. ↑ Lot Butterflies and Moths


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