Apotomis semifasciana

Short-barred grey marble
	Illustration from John Curtis's British Entomology Volume 6
Scientific 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

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

References

^ 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.
^ ^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.
^ Meyrick, E., 1895 A Handbook of British Lepidoptera MacMillan, London pdf This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain. Keys and description
^ 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
^ "Apotomis semifasciana (Haworth, 1811)". PESI portal. Retrieved 27 November 2018.

External links

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Fauna Europaea
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[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.

[jdb-2] 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 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.

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