Pseudohermenias abietana explained

Pseudohermenias abietana is a species of moth of the family Tortricidae. It is found from Fennoscandia and northern Russia to the Pyrenees, Sardinia and Italy and from France to Romania.

The wingspan is 14–18 mm.[1] Adults are on wing from May to July in one generation per year.[2]

The larvae feed on Abies alba and Picea abies species. They mine the needles of their host plant.[3]

Notes and References

  1. http://www.microlepidoptera.nl/soorten/species.php?speciescode=361500&p=1 microlepidoptera.nl
  2. http://wiki.bugwood.org/Archive:Tortricids/Pseudohermenias_abietana Bug Wood
  3. http://www.bladmineerders.nl/minersf/lepidopteramin/pseudohermenias/abietana/abietana.htm bladmineerders.nl