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Tortricidae : Tortricinae

Cnephasia (Cnephasia) longana

CNEPHASIA (Cnephasia) longana (Haworth, 1811)
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Description
Vernacular Name: Omnivorous Leaf-tier Moth : Long-winged Shade : Strawberry Fruitworm
Wingspan: 15-22mm
Worldwide Distribution: Europe - less Austria, Bulgaria,Estonia, Finland,Hungary, Latvia,Lithuania,Luxembourg, Norway,Romania, Slovenia,Ukraine & most Mediterranean Islands : Introduced in western North America - British Columbia,Washington,Oregon & California
UK Distribution: Common throughout much of Southern England & Wales : Very local in Northern England ; Rare in Scotland
UK Conservation Status -
  • Common = > 300 10km squares
European Conservation Status -
  • Least Concern
Original Species Name -
  • Phalaena (Tortrix) longana (Haworth, 1811)
Type Species - Cnephasia
  • Phalaena logiana Clerck, sensu Curtis, 1826
Type Locality -
  • Not Specified
Flight Period: South - late May - August : Elsewhere - June - early August
Habitat: Coastal and calcareous downland : Waste Ground : Vegetated Shingle
Similar Species -
  • None
Larva: Larva feed on flowerheads,living between flowers spun together with silk
Pupa: Pupates in a cocoon where it overwinters
Overwinters as: Pupa
Observations: This moth is one of the easiest cnephasia species to recognise, where the male has single coloured forewings in either whitish grey,pale yellowish brown or dark yellowish brown,occasionally speckled with black scales.The female forewing is pale yellowish brown with diffused markings, with a cross band darker brown than forewing and an antemedian oblique cross band.There are other difuse markings in darker brown with black freckling near the apex.

The moth is easily disturbed from rest during the day,flies from dusk and is attracted to light.
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Larval Food Plants Worldwide
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Type Locality:
Animalia
Eumetozoa
Arthropoda
Hexapoda
Insecta
Lepidoptera
Tortricoidea
Tortricidae
Tortricinae
Cnephasiini
CNEPHASIA Curtis, 1826
Cnephasia Curtis, 1826
Cnephasia (Cnephasia) longana (Haworth, 1811)
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Phalaena logiana Clerck, sensu Curtis, 1826
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PHALAENA (Tortrix) longana (Haworth, 1811)
= ictericana (Haworth, 1811)
= eganana (Haworth, 1811)
= expallidana (Haworth, 1811)
= lutosana (Hübner, 1822)
= capillana (Guenée, 1845)
= loewiana (Zeller, 1847)
= stratana (Zeller, 1847)
= insolitana (Herrich-Schäffer, 1851)
= luridalbana (Herrich-Schäffer, 1851)
= gratana (Laharpe, 1860)
= Cnephasia minor Real, 1953
= Cnephasia icterana
= Cnephasia ongana
= Cnephasia cadizensis Razowski 1959
= Sphaleroptera capillana Guenée, 1845
= Tortrix egenana Haworth, 1811
= Tortrix expallidana Haworth, 1811
= Sciaphila gratana Delaharpe, 1860
= Tortrix ictericana Haworth, 1811
= Ablabia insolatana Herrich-Schäffer, 1851
= Sciaphila loewiana Zeller, 1847
= Ablabia luridalbana Herrich-Schäffer, 1851
= Cnephasia lutescens Chrétien 1922
= Tortrix lutosana Hübner, 1811/13
= Cnephasia minor Réal 1953
= Sciaphila stratana Zeller, 1847
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Lepidoptera Britannica (3): Title Page : p.463 - n.221
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Not Specified