Lobesia fuligana
(Redirected from Lobesia abscisana)
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Tortricidae |
| Genus: | Lobesia |
| Species: | L. fuligana
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| Lobesia fuligana (Haworth, 1811)
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Lobesia fuligana is a moth belonging to the family Tortricidae. The species was first described by Adrian Hardy Haworth in 1811.[2] It is found in Europe.
The wingspan is 10–13 mm. The forewings are ochreous-whitish, strigulated with dark fuscous.The basal patch, the central fascia, and a terminal fascia which is narrowed to the tornus are dark brown. The hindwings are grey. The larva is blue-green; head and plate of 2 yellowish-brown:[3]
This species is bivoltine flying in two generations in May and again in July–August. They are active at dusk.
The larva lives in spun shoots on: Echium vulgare, Anchusa officinalis, Artemesia and Cirsium arvense. Pupation takes places in a cocoon, spun amongst surface litter.
References
[edit]- ^ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Lobesia fuligana". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved 17 January 2021.
- ^ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Lobesia fuligana". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved 17 January 2021.
- ^ Meyrick, E., 1895 A Handbook of British Lepidoptera MacMillan, London pdf
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External links
[edit]- lepiforum.de as synonym of Lobesia abscisana (Doubleday, [1849])