Kingdom Animalia Class Insecta Section Cossina Rank Species | Phylum Arthropoda Order Lepidoptera Family Tortricidae | |
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Similar Dichrorampha petiverella, Dichrorampha, Dichrorampha sedatana, Epinotia cruciana, Apotomis capreana | ||
Dichrorampha vancouverana, the tanacetum root moth, is a moth of the family Tortricidae.
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Description
Dichrorampha vancouverana has a wingspan 12–15 millimetres (0.47–0.59 in). These small to medium-sized moths have dark brown or dark grey-brown forewings with a large comma-shaped ochreous-orange or pale yellowish medio-dorsal blotch and some small irregular white and dark brown markings along the forewings outer edge. Hindwings are dark brown.
Similar species are Dichrorampha alpinana and Dichrorampha flavidorsana.
Distribution and habitat
This species is present in most of Europe, except in the far north and in the southeast, and can also be found in the eastern Palearctic ecozone and in the Nearctic ecozone. These moths inhabit dry grassy places, rough meadows, downland and scrubs.
Biology
The adults fly in June and July, during the afternoon, warm evenings and sunset. The larvae mainly feed within the roots of tansy (Tanacetum vulgare) and yarrow (Achillea millefolium).