Argyroploce noricana

Argyroploce noricana is a moth of the family Tortricidae. It was described by Gottlieb August Wilhelm Herrich-Schäffer in 1851. It is found from Scandinavia and northern Russia south to Italy and from France east to Bulgaria and Romania.[2]

Argyroploce noricana
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Tortricidae
Genus:
Argyroploce
Species:
A. noricana
Binomial name
Argyroploce noricana
Synonyms
  • Tortrix (Paedisca) noricana Herrich-Schäffer, 1851
  • Olethreutes noricanus
  • Argyroploce noricanus
  • Argyroploce noricana var. dovreana Barca, 1922
  • Tortrix (Paedisca) noricana Herrich-Schäffer, 1848

The wingspan is 14–16 mm. Adults are on wing from June to August.

The larvae feed on Dryas octopetala.[3]

References
  1. Tortricid.net
  2. Fauna Europaea
  3. Swedish Moths


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