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Apotomis semifasciana

Short-barred grey marble
Illustration from John Curtis's British Entomology Volume 6
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Tortricidae
Genus: Apotomis
Species:
A. semifasciana
Binomial name
Apotomis semifasciana
(Haworth, [1811])
Synonyms
  • Tortrix semifasciana Haworth, [1811]
  • Paedisca semifasciana (Haworth, [1811])
  • Tortrix acutana Treitschke, 1835
  • Sericoris elutana Duponchel, in Godart, 1836

Apotomis semifasciana, the short-barred grey marble, is a moth of the family Tortricidae. It was first described by the English entomologist Adrian Hardy Haworth in 1811.

Life cycle

Ova

The eggs are laid on willows (Salix species).[1]

Larva

The larva is green; dorsal and subdorsal lines darker; head and plate of 2 yellowish-green. The larvae feed on the catkins and later the leaves of willows in May and June.[2]

Pupa

The blackish brown pupa can be found in a silken cocoon, spun between two leaves of the foodpant in June and July.[2]

Imago

The wingspan is 17–20 mm. The head and thorax are grey. The forewings are grey, closely striated with whitish . The basal patch and a subtriangular central costal blotch are fuscous, black-marked, the apex of blotch truncate, marked with a black dash. The costa posteriorly is fuscous-spotted with a darker black-dotted subterminal mark in middle. The hindwings are grey, darker posteriorly. [3] Julius von Kennel provides a full description. [4]

Adults are on wing from July to August, flying from late evening onwards and coming to light and sugar. [1]. During the day they rest in foliage and are not usually easily disturbed.[2]

Distribution

It is found in most of Europe, from Ireland to Russia.[5]

Notes

  1. ^ The flight season refers to Great Britain and Ireland. This may vary in other parts of the range.

References

  1. ^ Emmet, A M, ed. (1988). A Field Guide To The Smaller British Lepidoptera (Second ed.). London: British Entomological and Natural History Society. p. 173. ISBN 0-9502891-6-7.
  2. ^ a b c Bradley, J D; Tremewan, W G; Smith, Arthur (1979). British Tortricoid Moths. Tortricidae: Olethreutinae. London: The Ray Society. pp. 44–6. ISBN 0-903874-06-7.
  3. ^ 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
  4. ^ Julius von Kennel, 1921, The Palaearktischen Tortriciden, eine monographische Darstellung. Stuttgart: E. Schweizerbart'sche Verlagsbuchhandlung. 742 pp. - Palaearctic Tortricidae, a monograph.pdf at Zobodat 369-370
  5. ^ "Apotomis semifasciana (Haworth, 1811)". PESI portal. Retrieved 27 November 2018.


Quelle: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apotomis_semifasciana