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Epinotia trigonella

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Tortricidae

Rank
  
Species

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Genus
  
Epinotia

Epinotia trigonella

Similar
  
Epinotia cruciana, Epinotia mercuriana, Epinotia ramella, Epinotia solandriana, Epinotia nanana

Epinotia trigonella, the birch epinotia moth, is a species of moth of the Tortricidae family. It is found in most of Europe, east to the eastern Palearctic ecozone. It is also found in North America.

The wingspan is 16–21 mm. Adults are on wing from August to September.

The larvae feed on Betula species. They feed between folded or spun leaves of their host plant.

References

Epinotia trigonella Wikipedia