Epinotia nanana (Treitschke, 1835) Species
Last modified: Sept. 29, 2022, 1:15 p.m.
A rather rare species in Belgium.
Details
- Classification
- Family: Tortricidae > Subfamily: Olethreutinae > Tribus: Eucosmini > Genus: Epinotia > Species: Epinotia nanana
- Vernacular names
- Kleine oogbladroller (NL), Kleinster Fichtennadelmarkwickler (DE)
- First mention in Belgium
- De Fré Ch. 1858. Catalogue des Microlépidoptères de la Belgique. — Annales de la Société entomologique belge 2: 45–162. On page 75.
- Status
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Native
Distribution
Imago
Wingspan: c. 10 mm.
Museum specimens
Specimens in nature
Genitalia
Flight periods
The adults have been observed from June till August. They are active towards dusk and come to light.
Observed on
- Host plant (species):
- Picea abies and Abies alba
The young larva mines inside a needle of Picea abies or Picea sitchensis, and it hibernates in that plates half-fed. Later on, it constructs a silken tube along which it retreats to deposit frass in the first mined needle.
Pupation in a white cocoon in the larbal tube or amongst leaf-litter.
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