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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Tortricid Moths (Tortricoidea) » Tortricid Moths (Tortricidae) » Tortricinae » Archipini » Ditula » Apricot moth - Hodges#3692 (Ditula angustiorana)

Species Ditula angustiorana - Apricot moth - Hodges#3692

Classification · Hodges Number · Other Common Names · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Size · Identification · Range · Season · Food · Life Cycle · Remarks · Internet References

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Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths)

Superfamily Tortricoidea (Tortricid Moths)

Family Tortricidae (Tortricid Moths)

Subfamily Tortricinae

Tribe Archipini

Genus Ditula

Species angustiorana (Apricot moth - Hodges#3692)

Hodges Number

3692

Other Common Names

Narrow-winged Red-bar

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Ditula angustiorana (Haworth, 1811)

Tortrix angustiorana Haworth, 1811

Ditula dumeriliana (Duponchel, 1836)

Explanation of Names

Specific epithet from Latin angustior meaning "narrower," for the narrow wings. J.F. Stephens designated the common name Narrow-winged Red-bar in his description of the new genus in which he reassigned this species. (172)

Size

Wingspan 12-18 mm.

Identification

Larva - mature larvae up to 14 mm long. Head, brownish yellow with distinct ocellar area and lateral bar on cheek. Thoracic shield usually yellowish, grading to brownish laterally. Body, yellowish green above spiracular line creamy yellow below. Faint green middorsal stripe.

Range

In Canada this species is restricted to south coastal British Columbia; it also occurs south along the coast to California and throughout Europe.

Season

June - July

Food

The principal coniferous hosts of Ditula angustiorana are Douglas-fir, western yew and common yew; other hosts include Garry oak, ivy, boxwood and apple.

Life Cycle

This species overwinters as a young larva. Larval feeding resumes in spring and continues until June. Pupation occurs in June, and adults emerge from June to July. Eggs are laid in shingle like masses on host foliage.

Remarks

Non native.

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group

UK Moths

Conifer Defoliating Insects of British Columbia

Lepidoptera of Belgium

Pherobase

Adrian Hardy Haworth (1776-1833)

Contributed by Jason D. Roberts on 4 August, 2007 - 8:00pm
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset, Randy Hardy
Last updated 25 January, 2018 - 1:24pm

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