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Aphelia peramplana

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Aphelia peramplana
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Tortricidae
Genus:
Aphelia
Species:
A. peramplana
Binomial name
Aphelia peramplana
(Hubner, [1825] 1816)[1]
Synonyms
  • Epagoge peramplana Hubner, [1825] 1816
  • Tortrix amplana Hubner, [1811–1813]
  • Tortrix chrysitana Hubner, [1830]
  • Tortrix amplana f. vallettai Bradley, 1953

Aphelia peramplana is a species of moth of the Tortricidae family. It is found from Portugal to Greece, as well as in North Africa (Morocco, Tunisia), Malta, Crete, Iraq, from Iran east to Transcaucasia and in Siberia and Asia Minor.

The wingspan is 25–31.5 mm.[2]

The larvae feed on Salix, Anemone, Ononis and Asphodelus species, as well as Pulsatilla pratensis and Calendula arvensis. Larvae can be found in April and May.[3]

References

  1. ^ tortricidae.com
  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. ^ European Butterflies and Moths
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