Phtheochroa duponchelana
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Tortricidae
Genus: Phtheochroa
Species:
P. duponchelana
Binomial name
Phtheochroa duponchelana
(Duponchel in Godart, 1843)[1]
Synonyms
  • Sericoris duponchelana Duponchel in Godart, 1843
  • Sericoris duponcheliana Costa, 1847
  • Tortrix gloriosana Herrich-Schaffer, 1847
  • Tortrix (Phtheochroa) gloriosana Herrich-Schaffer, 1851
  • Hysterosia syriaca Walsingham, 1900

Phtheochroa duponchelana is a species of moth of the family Tortricidae. It is found in Portugal, southern France, Italy, Sicily, Malta, Crete, Albania, former Yugoslavia, southern Hungary, North Macedonia, Greece,[2] Asia Minor, Lebanon, Syria, Morocco and Algeria.[3]

The wingspan is 18–22 mm. Adults have been recorded on wing from April to May and in July.

The larvae feed on Acanthus spinosus.

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