Biology:Pseudargyrotoza conwagana

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Short description: Species of moth

Pseudargyrotoza conwagana
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Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Tortricidae
Genus: Pseudargyrotoza
Species:
P. conwagana
Binomial name
Pseudargyrotoza conwagana
(Fabricius, 1775)[1]
Synonyms

Pseudargyrotoza conwagana is a moth of the family Tortricidae found in Asia and Europe. It was first described by the Denmark entomologists, Johan Christian Fabricius in 1775.

Description

The wingspan is 11–15 mm.[2] The thorax is crested. The forewings are triangular, yellow, more or less suffused with orange or ferruginous and faintly darker-strigulated. The basal patch is often darker and always followed by a pale yellow dorsal mark. The central and terminal fasciae are often darker or blackish-mixed, edged with leaden-metallic dots. The hindwings are blackish - grey, lighter anteriorly. The larva yellow-whitish; dorsal line darker; head yellow-brownish.[3]

Adults are on wing from May to July.[2]

The larvae feed on ash (Fraxinus excelsior), Manchurian ash (Fraxinus mandshurica), privet (Ligustrum species) (including broad-leaf privet (Ligustrum lucidum)) and barberry (Berberis species).

Distribution

It is found in Europe, China (Heilongjiang, Jilin, Shaanxi, Sichuan, Beijing, Shandong), South Korea , Japan , Russia (Siberia, Ussuri) and Asia Minor.[4]

References

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q143908 entry