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Diceratura ostrinana

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Tortricidae

Rank
  
Species

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Genus
  
Diceratura

Diceratura ostrinana is a species of moth of the Tortricidae family. It is found from Algeria and the Iberian Peninsula to Hungary, Albania and the Crimea. It is also found in Asia Minor, Lebanon, Transcaucasia, Siberia and Iran.

The wingspan is 8–13 mm. Adults are on wing from April to June and again from July to August.

The larvae feed on the flowers of Chondrilla juncea and Dipsacus silvestris.

References

Diceratura ostrinana Wikipedia