Diceratura ostrinana

Diceratura ostrinana
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Clade:Euarthropoda
Class:Insecta
Order:Lepidoptera
Family:Tortricidae
Genus:Diceratura
Species: D. ostrinana
Binomial name
Diceratura ostrinana
(Guenée, 1845)[1]
Synonyms
  • Conchylis ostrinana Guenée, 1845
  • Tortrix (Cochylis) purpuratana Herrich-Schäffer, 1847
  • Tortrix (Cochylis) purpuratana Herrich-Schäffer, 1851

Diceratura ostrinana is a species of moth of the family Tortricidae. It is found from Algeria and the Iberian Peninsula to Hungary, Albania and the Crimea.[2] It is also found in Asia Minor, Lebanon, Transcaucasia, Siberia and Iran.[3]

The wingspan is 8–13 mm. Adults are on wing from April to June and again from July to August.[4]

The larvae feed on the flowers of Chondrilla juncea and Dipsacus silvestris.[5]

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. ↑ LOT Moths and Butterflies
  5. ↑ Diceratura at funet


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