Pseudohermenias abietana is a species of moth of the family Tortricidae. It is found from Fennoscandia and northern Russia to the Pyrenees, Sardinia and Italy and from France to Romania.
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Tortricidae |
Genus: | Pseudohermenias |
Species: | P. abietana
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Binomial name | |
Pseudohermenias abietana | |
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The wingspan is 14–18 mm.[2] Adults are on wing from May to July in one generation per year.[3]
The larvae feed on Abies alba and Picea abies species. They mine the needles of their host plant.[4]
References
edit- ^ Fauna Europaea
- ^ microlepidoptera.nl Archived 2011-05-01 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Bug Wood
- ^ bladmineerders.nl
- Media related to Pseudohermenias abietana at Wikimedia Commons