''Epinotia signatana'' is a

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. It is found from

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(Jilin, Shaanxi),

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is 14–16 mm. The forewings are yellow-whitish striated with fuscous.The costa is strigulated with dark fuscous. The edge of the basal patch is angulated in the middle' An irregular central fascia, and the apical area are fuscous irrorated with pale yellowish, with a few blackish marks.A slender blackish longitudinal streak crosses the middle of the fascia and curves upwards above the ocellus to near termen . The ocellus is pale yellowish, edged with leaden-metallic. The hindwings are grey or light grey.Meyrick, E., 1895 ''A Handbook of British Lepidoptera'' MacMillan, Londo
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Keys and description Adults are on wing in June and July. The larvae feed on ''

Prunus spinosa ''Prunus spinosa'', called blackthorn or sloe, is a species of flowering plant in the rose family Rosaceae. The species is native to Europe, western Asia, and regionally in northwest Africa. It is locally naturalized in New Zealand, Tasmania, ...

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Prunus avium ''Prunus avium'', commonly called wild cherry, sweet cherry, gean, or bird cherryWorld Economic Plants: A Standard Reference, Second Edition'. CRC Press; 19 April 2016. . p. 833–. is a species of cherry, a flowering plant in the rose family, ...

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Prunus padus ''Prunus padus'', known as bird cherry, hackberry, hagberry, or Mayday tree, is a flowering plant in the rose family. It is a species of cherry, a deciduous small tree or large shrub up to tall. It is the type species of the subgenus '' Padus' ...

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Prunus cerasus ''Prunus cerasus'' (sour cherry, tart cherry, or dwarf cherry) is a species of ''Prunus'' in the subgenus '' Cerasus'' ( cherries), native to much of Europe and southwest Asia. It is closely related to the sweet cherry (''Prunus avium''), but ...

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Crataegus ''Crataegus'' (), commonly called hawthorn, quickthorn, thornapple, Voss, E. G. 1985. ''Michigan Flora: A guide to the identification and occurrence of the native and naturalized seed-plants of the state. Part II: Dicots (Saururaceae–Cornacea ...

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Malus sylvestris ''Malus sylvestris'', the European crab apple, is a species of the genus ''Malus'', native to Europe. Its scientific name means "forest apple" and the truly wild tree has thorns. Description Wild apple has an expanded crown and often appears mor ...

''. Larvae feed in a folded leaf or a spun shoot of the host plant. The synonym ''Steganoptycha signatana'' as incorrectly used by Walsingham, refers to ''

Crocidosema plebejana ''Crocidosema plebejana'', the cotton tipworm, is a tortrix moth (family Tortricidae), belonging to tribe Eucosmini of subfamily Olethreutinae. It is found today all over the subtropical and tropical regions of the world and even occurs on many ...

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Moths described in 1845 Eucosmini Moths of Japan Moths of Europe {{Eucosmini-stub