Kingdom Animalia Class Insecta Family Tortricidae Scientific name Capua vulgana | Phylum Arthropoda Order Lepidoptera Genus Capua Rank Species | |
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Similar Syndemis musculana, Cochylis nana, Epagoge grotiana, Eulia ministrana, Aleimma loeflingiana | ||
Capua vulgana is a moth of the Tortricidae family. It is found from Ireland and Great Britain, east through the Benelux, Fennoscandia and central and south-eastern Europe to Siberia and Sakhalin to the Kuriles. It is also found in China (Heilongjiang, Inner Mongolia, Jilin, Sichuan, Shandong) and Taiwan.
The wingspan is 13–19 mm. Adults are on wing from May to June.
The larvae feed on the leaves of a wide range of woodland trees and plants, including Alnus, Sorbus and Vaccinium.
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