Kingdom Animalia Class Insecta Family Tortricidae Rank Species | Phylum Arthropoda Order Lepidoptera Genus Phtheochroa | |
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Phtheochroa duponchelana is a species of moth of the Tortricidae family. It is found in Portugal, southern France, Italy, Sicily, Malta, Crete, Albania, former Yugoslavia, southern Hungary, the Republic of Macedonia, Greece, Asia Minor, Lebanon, Syria, Morocco and Algeria.
The wingspan is 18–22 mm. Adults have been recorded on wing from April to May and in July.
The larvae feed on Acanthus spinosus.
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