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Phtheochroa pulvillana

Synonyms: Hysterosia dispuncta; Tortrix pulvillana

Wikipedia Abstract

Phtheochroa pulvillana is a species of moth of the Tortricidae family. It is found from Europe (where it has been recorded from Germany, Poland, Austria, Italy, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary, Romania, Croatia, the Republic of Macedonia and Ukraine) to south-eastern Russia, Transcaucasia and Iran. The wingspan is 16–21 mm. Adults have been recorded on wing from May to July in one generation per year. The larvae feed on Asparagus officinalis. They feed in the stem of their host plant. The species overwinters in the larval stage.
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Prey / Diet

Asparagus officinalis (garden asparagus)[1]

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Attributes / relations provided by
1HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants Gaden S. Robinson, Phillip R. Ackery, Ian J. Kitching, George W. Beccaloni AND Luis M. Hernández
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0