''Aphelia paleana'', the timothy tortrix '', '' is a
moth of the family
Tortricidae. It is found in
Europe, and across the
Palearctic
The Palearctic or Palaearctic is the largest of the eight biogeographic realms of the Earth. It stretches across all of Eurasia north of the foothills of the Himalayas, and North Africa.
The realm consists of several bioregions: the Euro-Sibe ...
to
China
China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is the world's most populous country, with a population exceeding 1.4 billion, slightly ahead of India. China spans the equivalent of five time zones and ...
(Heilongjiang, Beijing) and the
Russian Far East.
The
wingspan is 18–22 mm. The head and thorax are pale ferruginous. The forewings are narrowed anteriorly and whitish -ochreous or pale yellow -ochreous, sometimes greyish tinged, the base yellower. The hindwings are grey. The larva is blackish with large white spots; the head and thorax are black with white anterior edges. Julius von Kennel provides a full description.
[ Julius von Kennel, 1921, ''The Palaearktischen Tortriciden, eine monographische Darstellung''. Stuttgart: E. Schweizerbart'sche Verlagsbuchhandlung. 742 pp. - Palaearctic Tortricidae, a monograp]
pdf at Zobodat
180-181
The moth flies from June to August in western Europe.
The larvae feed on various herbaceous plants such as ''
Pulicaria dysenterica'' and
wolfberry.
References
External links
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waarneming.nl Taxonomyat
Fauna Europaea
Timothy Tortrix at UK Moths
Aphelia (moth)
Moths described in 1793
Moths of Asia
Tortricidae of Europe
Taxa named by Jacob Hübner
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