''Celypha cespitana'' is a
moth
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of the family
Tortricidae
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. It is found in the
Palearctic realm
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, from western Europe to the
Ural Mountains
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,
Transcaucasia
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,
Asia Minor
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, the
Near East,
Iran
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,
Russia
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(Siberia, Central Asia, Cisbaikal, Tuva, the Russian Far East), north-eastern
China (
Manchuria
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),
Korea
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and
Japan (
Hokkaido
is Japan, Japan's Japanese archipelago, second largest island and comprises the largest and northernmost Prefectures of Japan, prefecture, making up its own List of regions of Japan, region. The Tsugaru Strait separates Hokkaidō from Honshu; th ...
,
Honshu
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). It is also found in the
Nearctic realm.
The
wingspan
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is about 15 mm. The palpi are porrected, the second joint broadly scaled, terminal very short.The forewings with the costa less arched than in ''
Celypha doubledayana
''Celypha'' is a genus of tortrix moths ( family Tortricidae). It belongs to the tribe Olethreutini of subfamily Olethreutinae.Baixeras ''et al.'' (2009a)
The closely related genus '' Syricoris'' is sometimes included in ''Celypha''.
Taxono ...
'' (Barrett, 1872) and the termen more oblique. The ground colour is silvery - whitish, strigulated with ochreous, greyish ochreous, reddish, or dark fuscous. The costa is black-marked. The basal patch has the edge angularly indented. The central fascia has two sharp posterior projections.An oblique praetornal spot, and triangular terminal patch are both ochreous or ferruginous, mixed with black or dark fuscous. The hindwings are grey. Julius von Kennel provides a full description.
Julius von Kennel
Julius von Kennel (10 June 1854 – 24 January 1939) was a German zoologist and entomologist born in Schwegenheim.
He studied at the University of Würzburg, where he came under the influence of zoologist Karl Semper (1832-1893). Later, he ...
, 1921, ''The Palaearktischen Tortriciden, eine monographische Darstellung''. Stuttgart: E. Schweizerbart'sche Verlagsbuchhandlung. 742 pp. - Palaearctic
The Palearctic or Palaearctic is the largest of the eight biogeographic realms of the Earth. It stretches across all of Eurasia north of the foothills of the Himalayas, and North Africa.
The realm consists of several bioregions: the Euro-Si ...
Tortricidae
The Tortricidae are a family of moths, commonly known as tortrix moths or leafroller moths, in the order Lepidoptera. This large family has over 11,000 species described, and is the sole member of the superfamily Tortricoidea, although the gen ...
, a monograp
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The moth flies from late May to September in western Europe.
The larvae feed on various
herbaceous plant
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Definitions of "herb" and "herbaceous"
The fourth edition ...
s.
References
External links
waarneming.nl ''Celypha cespitana'' at UKMoths
Olethreutini
Moths described in 1817
Moths of Asia
Tortricidae of Europe
Moths of North America
Taxa named by Jacob Hübner
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