Capua vulgana

Capua vulgana
Capua vulgana, dorsal view
Side view
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Tortricidae
Genus: Capua
Species: C. vulgana
Binomial name
Capua vulgana
(Frölich, 1828)[1]
Synonyms

Capua vulgana is a moth of the Tortricidae family.[2]

Mounted specimen

Distribution

This species can be found from Ireland and Great Britain, east through the Benelux, Fennoscandia and central and south-eastern Europe to Siberia and Sakhalin to the Kuriles. It is also found in China (Heilongjiang, Inner Mongolia, Jilin, Sichuan, Shandong) and Taiwan.[3][4]

Habitat

These rather common moths mainly inhabit in woodlands, in open scrubs and in deciduous forests.[5]

Description

The wingspan of Capua vulgana can reach 13–19 mm.[5] These broad-winged Tortrix moths have a buff-coloured head and pale brown forewings with dark brown markings. Males are more well-marked than the females.[5]

Biology

It is an univoltine species. Adults are on wing from May to June. The larvae feed on the leaves of a wide range of woodland trees and plants, including Alnus glutinosa, Corylus avellana, Sorbus aucuparia, Quercus robur and Vaccinium myrtillus .[5][6][7]

References

  1. ↑ tortricidae.com
  2. ↑ Tortricid.net
  3. ↑ Fauna europaea
  4. ↑ Funet
  5. 1 2 3 4 UK Moths
  6. ↑ Keith P. Bland, E.F. Hancock, J. Razowski Tortricidae, part 1: Tortricinae & Chlidanotinae
  7. ↑ Commanster


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