Epinotia tetraquetrana

Epinotia tetraquetrana
Epinotia tetraquetrana, Sarnau, North Wales
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Tortricidae
Genus:	Epinotia
Species:	E. tetraquetrana
Binomial name
Epinotia tetraquetrana (Haworth, [1811])
Synonyms
Tortrix tetraquetrana Haworth, [1811] Tortrix angulana Haworth, [1811] Eucosma tetraquetrana f. deficiens Dufrane, 1957 Phlaeodes frutelata Desmarest, in Chenu, 1857 Tortrix frutetana Hubner, [1823-1824] Tortrix hypoleucana Frolich, 1828 Steganoptycha tetraquetrana kurilensis Kuznetzov, 1969 Epiblema tetraquetranum ab. ochreana Hauder, 1918 Epiblema tetraquetranum f. opacana Hauder, 1918 Eucosma tetraquetrana f. rufa Dufrane, 1957 Tortrix triquetrana Haworth, [1811] Paedisca tetraquetrana f. umbratana Strand, 1901

Epinotia tetraquetrana, the square-barred bell, is a moth of the family Tortricidae. It is found from most of Europe east to the Near East and the eastern part of the Palearctic realm.

The wingspan is 12–16 mm. The forewings are fuscous,darker-strigulated, often whitish-mixed. The costa is strigulated with blackish and posteriorly with white.The edge of the basal patch is suffused with ferruginous-brown, partly blackish-marked and obtusely angulated Beyond this there issometimes an obscure whitish subquadrate dorsal spot . The central fascia is darker, often ferruginous-suffused ; costal half beyond this sometimes ferruginous suffused, with some black scales. The ocellus is obscurely edged with leaden-metallic, usually preceded by a small black subdorsal spot. The termen is sinuate . There is a white subapical dash in cilia.The hindwings are grey.The larva is pale yellowish-green ; head and plate of 2 dark or light brown.

Adults are on wing from April to May.

The young larvae bore into the stem of Betula and Alnus species. Later, they feed within a folded leaf.

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