Epinotia trigonella (Linnaeus, 1758) Species
Last modified: Dec. 3, 2023, 12:12 p.m.
A rare species throughout Belgium.
Details
- Classification
- Family: Tortricidae > Subfamily: Olethreutinae > Tribus: Eucosmini > Genus: Epinotia > Species: Epinotia trigonella
- Vernacular names
- Tweevlekoogbladroller (NL), White-blotch Bell, White-blotched Roller (EN), 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. It has dark brown forewings with paler paired costal strigulae and prominent white patches on the dorsum at one half and on the tornus. These are sometimes joined.
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.
Habitat
It inhabits open woodland and heathland.
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