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Phalonidia affinitana

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Phalonidia affinitana
Phalonidia affinitana, Dyffryn, North Wales, August 2012
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Tortricidae
Genus: Phalonidia
Species:
P. affinitana
Binomial name
Phalonidia affinitana
(Douglas, 1846)[1]
Synonyms
  • Cochylis affinitana Douglas, 1846
  • Cochylis cancellana Zeller, 1847
  • Cochylis inulana Constant, 1884
  • Cochylis tauriana Kennel, 1899
  • Conchylis affinitana ab. moravica Zimmerman, 1926
  • Conchylis littorana Galvagni, 1906
  • Phalonia affinitana Meyrick, 1895

Phalonidia affinitana, the large saltmarsh conch or large saltmarsh bell, is a species of moth of the family Tortricidae, the subfamily Tortricinae, and the tribe Cochylini. It is found in China (Liaoning, Tianjin, Xinjiang), Japan, Korea, Russia and most of Europe.[2][3] Its habitat consists of salt marshes.[4]

Adults are on wing from June to August in western Europe. The larvae feed on the flowers of Aster tripolium.[5][6]

Description

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The wingspan is 11–14 mm. The forewings are elongate and the costa gently arched. The ground colour is light brownish-ochreous, submetallic and strigulated with fuscous. There is a slender straight brownish antemedian fascia parallel to the termen and interrupted beneath the costa and a dark fuscous dorsal dot or small spot before the tornus. The hindwings are grey. The larva is whitish, dorsally greyish - tinged; spiracular line faint, grey; head brown; plate of 2 black.[7]

For a key to the terms used, see Glossary of entomology terms.

Similar species

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Subspecies

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  • Phalonidia affinitana affinitana
  • Phalonidia affinitana tauriana (Kennel, 1899)

References

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  1. ^ tortricidae.com
  2. ^ A Brief Summary of Tribe Cochylini from China (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae: Tortricinae)
  3. ^ Fauna Europaea
  4. ^ Hants Moths
  5. ^ Phalonidia at funet
  6. ^ UKmoths
  7. ^ Meyrick, E., 1895 A Handbook of British Lepidoptera MacMillan, London pdf Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain. Keys and description