Phtheochroa duponchelana

Phtheochroa duponchelana
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Tortricidae
Genus:	Phtheochroa
Species:	P. duponchelana
Binomial name
	Phtheochroa duponchelana; (Duponchel in Godart, 1843)[1]
Synonyms
	Sericoris duponchelana Duponchel in Godart, 1843; Sericoris duponcheliana Costa, 1847; Tortrix gloriosana Herrich-Schaffer, 1847; Tortrix (Phtheochroa) gloriosana Herrich-Schaffer, 1851; Hysterosia syriaca Walsingham, 1900;

Phtheochroa duponchelana is a species of moth of the Tortricidae family. It is found in Portugal, southern France, Italy, Sicily, Malta, Crete, Albania, former Yugoslavia, southern Hungary, the Republic of Macedonia, Greece,^[2] Asia Minor, Lebanon, Syria, Morocco and Algeria.^[3]

The wingspan is 18–22 mm. Adults have been recorded on wing from April to May and in July.

The larvae feed on Acanthus spinosus.

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