Biology:Paracroesia abievora

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Short description: Species of moth

Paracroesia abievora
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Tortricidae
Genus: Paracroesia
Species:
P. abievora
Binomial name
Paracroesia abievora
(Issiki, 1961)
Synonyms
  • Epagoge abievora Issiki, in Issiki & Mutuura, 1961
  • Danilevskiana pusilla Kuznetzov, 1973

Paracroesia abievora is a moth of the family Tortricidae. It is found in Japan and the Russian Far East.[1]

Adults have yellow-and-brown wings with black dots at the tips and a wingspan of 10 to 14 millimetres (0.39 to 0.55 in). The larva is generally 9 millimetres (0.35 in) long. The species has only one generation yearly, the moths flying only from late April through late May.[2]

The larvae feed on Abies firma.[3]

References

  1. Baixeras, J.; Brown, J. W.. "Paracroesia". Online World Catalogue of the Tortricidae. Tortricidae.com. http://www.tortricidae.com/catalogueSpeciesList.asp?gcode=674. Retrieved 28 July 2011. 
  2. Yashuda, T. (1972). The Tortricinae and Sparganothinae of Japan. pp. 79–251. http://nlbif.eti.uva.nl/bis/tortricidae.php?selected=beschrijving&menuentry=soorten&id=255. 
  3. Paracroesia at funet

Wikidata ☰ Q4046421 entry