| Cnephasia longana | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Tortricidae |
| Genus: | Cnephasia |
| Species: | C. longana |
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| Cnephasia longana | |
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Cnephasia longana, theomnivorous leaftier moth,long-winged shade orstrawberry fruitworm, is amoth of the familyTortricidae. It was described byAdrian Hardy Haworth in 1811. It is native to western Europe (where it is found fromScandinavia to theIberian Peninsula,Sardinia,Sicily andCrete and fromIreland toPoland).[2] It is anintroduced species in western North America (where it is found in southernBritish Columbia,Washington,Oregon andCalifornia). The species has also been reported from north-western Africa and Asia. The habitat consists of downland and rough ground.[3]
The length of the forewings is 7.5-10.8 mm. Adults are sexually dimorphic. Males have uniform white to yellowish-brown forewings. Females are marked with light to dark brown. In Meyrick it is described - Antennal cilia of male short. Forewings elongate, costa hardly arched, 7 to or close beneath apex; in male whitish-ochreous, unicolorous; in female pale greyish-ochreous, an angulated fascia at 1/3, central fascia with anterior edge excavated in middle and above dorsum, and costal patch suffusedly connected with it beneath costa brownish. Hindwings whitish-ochreous, more or less tinged or suffused with grey, 6 and 7 stalked. The larva is pale yellowish; dorsal and subdorsal lines greenish-grey; spots black; head and plate of 2pale brown :[4] Julius von Kennel provides a full description.[5]
Adults are on wing from late March to early July in California and from July to August in western Europe.[6]
The larvae feed on a wide range of herbaceous plants, includingAsteraceae,Convolvulaceae,Fabaceae,Geraniaceae,Hydrophyllaceae,Linaceae,Papaveraceae,Polygonaceae,Rosaceae,Scrophulariaceae andViolaceae species. It is considered a pest on cereal crops.[7] First-instar larvae hibernate in cracks or crevices in bark. In spring, larvae initiallymine the leaves of their host plant.[8]
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