Epinotia trigonella (Linnaeus, 1758) Species
Last modified: Feb. 19, 2022, 2:59 p.m.
A rare species throughout Belgium.
Details
- Classification
- Family: Tortricidae > Subfamily: Olethreutinae > Tribus: Eucosmini > Genus: Epinotia > Species: Epinotia trigonella
- Vernacular names
- Tweevlekoogbladroller (NL), Weißfleckiger Birken-Blattwickler (DE)
- Synonyms
- Epinotia stroemiana (Fabricius, 1781) , Epinotia similana (Hübner, 1793), nec (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775) and Epinotia dissimilana (Treitschke, 1830)
- First mention in Belgium
- De Sélys-Longchamps E. 1844. Énumération des insectes Lépidoptères de la Belgique. — Mémoires de la Société royale des Sciences de Liége 2: 1–35. On page 22.
- Status
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Native
Distribution
Imago
Wingspan: 16–21 mm.
Museum specimens
Specimens in nature
Bionomics
The larva lives in a folded leaf or between spun leaves, usually at the end of a shoot, of the food plant, favouring small trees.
It pupates in a flimsy cocoon in the earth or amongst leaf-litter.
The adults are active at dusk and later occasionally come to light.
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Flight periods
The adults have been observed from early July till the end of September.
