Epiblema foenella explained

Epiblema foenella, the white-foot bell, is a moth of the family Tortricidae.

Description

The wingspan is 17–26 mm. This quite-common moth has dark brown forewings with a striking falcate medio-dorsal white marking and a gray-colored area at the ends of the wings. The shape of the white marking is quite variable.

This species has one generation and the mature caterpillars overwinter. The larvae feed on the roots and lower stem of mugwort or common wormwood (Artemisia vulgaris), of southernwood (Artemisia abrotanum) and of golden marguerite (Anthemis tinctoria). The moth flies from May to August depending on the location. They usually fly from late afternoon into the evening.[1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

Distribution

This species can be found in most of Europe, southern Russia, the Caucasus, Siberia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, the Russian Far East, China (Tianjin, Hebei, Inner Mongolia, Jilin, Heilongjiang, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Anhui, Fujian, Jiangxi, Shandong, Henan, Hubei, Hunan, Guangxi, Sichuan, Guizhou, Yunnan, Shaanxi, Gansu, Qinghai, Ningxia, Xinjiang),[6] Korea, Japan, India, Taiwan and Vietnam.[7] [8]

Habitat

The white-foot bell prefers rough uncultivated ground, grassland, scrub, river banks and coastal cliffs.[5] [9]

Synonyms

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Notes and References

  1. http://www.microlepidoptera.nl/soorten/species.php?speciescode=362450&p=1 Microlepidoptera.ne
  2. http://www.ukmoths.org.uk/show.php?bf=1183 UKMoths
  3. http://www.hantsmoths.org.uk/species/1183.php Hants Moths
  4. http://www.lepiforum.de/lepiwiki.pl?Epiblema_Foenella Lepiforum.de
  5. Web site: Suffolk Moths . 2014-10-14 . 2014-10-17 . https://web.archive.org/web/20141017075859/http://www.suffolkmothgroup.org.uk/cgi-bin/mos/account.cgi?code=1183 . dead .
  6. http://www.redalyc.org/pdf/455/45513105.pdf Catalogue of Eucosmini from China (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae)
  7. , 2010: Clepsis trifasciata sp. n. with notes on some Lepidoptera Tortricidae from Kirgizstan. Journal of Entomological and Acarological Research Serie II 42 (1): 1-10. Abstract and full article: http://www.pagepressjournals.org/index.php/jear/issue/view/28
  8. https://web.archive.org/web/20150924151654/http://www.faunaeur.org/full_results.php?id=438769 Fauna Europaea
  9. http://www.norfolkmoths.co.uk/micros.php?bf=11830 Norfolk Moths
  10. http://cdn.gbif-uat.org/species/1743532 GBIF
  11. Web site: Catalogue of Life . 2014-10-14 . 2014-10-18 . https://web.archive.org/web/20141018182922/http://www.catalogueoflife.org/col/details/species/id/10655635 . dead .