Cnephasia pasiuana
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Tortricidae
Genus: Cnephasia
Species:
C. pasiuana
Binomial name
Cnephasia pasiuana
(Hübner, [1796-1799])[1]
Synonyms
  • Tortrix pasiuana Hübner, [1796-1799]
  • Cnephasia (Cnephasia) obsoletana var. algerana Réal, 1953
  • Cnephasia bleszynskii Toll, 1953
  • Cnephasia obsoletana var. cleuana Cleu, 1951
  • Cnephasia obsoletana var. cleuana Ral, 1952
  • Cnephasia crassifasciana de Joannis, 1920
  • Cnephasia punicana hagiosana Razowski, 1959
  • Cnephasia pasivana f. linophagana Rebel, 1939
  • Sciaphila wahlbomiana var. obscurana Reuter, 1899
  • Cnephasia obsoletana Stephens, 1829
  • Cnephasia obsoletana Stephens, 1834
  • Olethreutes pascuana Hübner, 1822
  • Sciaphila pasivana Treitschke, 1835
  • Cnephasia passivana Stephens, 1852
  • Cnephasia obsoletana var. pseudotypica Ral, 1952
  • Sciaphila pumicana Zeller, 1847
  • Cnephasia pasivana f. pyrophagana Rebel, 1939

Cnephasia pasiuana, the meadow shade, is a moth of the family Tortricidae. It was described by Jacob Hübner in 1799. It is found in almost all of Europe.[2] The habitat consists of rough pastures, fens and marshy areas.

The wingspan is 15–19 mm.[3] The forewing pattern varies from pale to dark grey.[4] Meyrick describes it - Antennal cilia of male very short. Thorax crested. Forewings elongate, costa moderately arched, 7 to apex; fuscous, finely irrorated with whitish-ochreous; an angulated fascia at 1/3, central fascia, and apical suffused patch darker, sometimes obsolete. Hindwings pale fuscous, darker terminally, 6 and 7 stalked. The larva yellowish-grey; spots black.[5]

There is one generation per year, with adults on wing from June to July.

The larvae feed on the flowers of various herbaceous plants, primarily Asteraceae species. They have been recorded feeding on Agropyron, Pisum, Brassica, Medicago, Humulus, as well as Ranunculus species. They spin together several petals of their host plant.[6]

References

  1. ↑ Tortricid.net
  2. ↑ Fauna Europaea
  3. ↑ "Microlepidoptera.nl". Archived from the original on 2014-07-01. Retrieved 2013-12-13.
  4. ↑ Hantsmoths
  5. ↑ Meyrick, E., 1895 A Handbook of British Lepidoptera MacMillan, London pdf Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain. Keys and description
  6. ↑ Kimber, Ian. "49.052 BF1022 Cnephasia pasiuana (Hübner, [1799])". UKMoths. Retrieved 10 August 2019.


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