Archips crataegana

Archips crataegana, the brown oak tortrix, is a moth of the family Tortricidae. It is found in most of Europe[2] east to Japan.

Eggs
"Brown oak tortrix" redirects here. For the other moth with this common name, see Archips xylosteana.

Archips crataegana
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Tortricidae
Genus: Archips
Species:
A. crataegana
Binomial name
Archips crataegana
(Hubner, [1796-1799])[1]
Synonyms
  • Tortrix crataegana Hubner, [1796-1799]
  • Archips crataegana ab. confluens Obraztsov, 1955
  • Archips endoi Yasuda, 1975
  • Tortrix roborana Hubner, [1796-1799]
  • Cacoecia crataegana var. rubromaculata Schawerda, 1933

The wingspan is about 20 mm for males and about 25 mm for females. Adults are sexually dimorphic. They are on wing from June to August.[3]

The larvae feed on various deciduous trees, including Quercus, Ulmus, Fraxinus and Salix species. They feed in a tightly-rolled leaf. The species overwinters as an egg.[4]

Subspecies
  • Archips crataeganus crataeganus
  • Archips crataeganus endoi Yasuda, 1975 (South Korea, Japan, China: Heilongjiang, Jilin, Shaanxi, Sichuan)

References
  1. Archips at tortricidae.com
  2. Fauna Europaea
  3. UKmoths
  4. Revision of Tribe Archipini (Tortricidae: Tortricinae) in Northeast China


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