Biology:Pelatea klugiana

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Short description: Species of moth

Pelatea klugiana
Pelatea klugiana podgorje01.jpg
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P. klugiana
Binomial name
Pelatea klugiana
(Freyer, 1836)[1]
Synonyms
  • Tortrix klugiana Freyer, 1836

Pelatea klugiana is a moth of the family Tortricidae. It is found from the Iberian Peninsula through southern France (Alpes-Maritimes), Italy, Austria, Slovenia, Hungary, Croatia (Istria), Bulgaria, Romania to Ukraine and southern Russia . In the north it is found up to Lower Austria and Carinthia.

Habitat
Web
Cocoon in web

The length of the forewings is 10-10.7 mm, although adults of subspecies verucha are somewhat smaller (9.0-9.3 mm). Adults are on wing from May to June in one generation per year.

The larvae feed on Paeonia tenuifolia, Paeonia rosea, Paeonia officinalis and Paeonia biebersteiniana. They live in groups of two to seven under a web from which they feed on their host plant. Pupation takes place in the web.[2]

Subspecies

  • Pelatea klugiana klugiana
  • Pelatea klugiana verucha Nedoshivina & Zolotuhin, 2005 (southern Russia)[2]

References

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q1529115 entry