''Cydia duplicana'' is a small

moth Moths are a group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not Butterfly, butterflies. They were previously classified as suborder Heterocera, but the group is Paraphyly, paraphyletic with respect to butterflies (s ...

of the

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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 genu ...

. It is found in all across

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, extending barely into

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in the Transcaucasus, Turkestan and

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. The

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is 13–19 mm. Adults are on wing from May or June to the end of July. There is one generation per year. The

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e (

caterpillar Caterpillars ( ) are the larval stage of members of the order Lepidoptera (the insect order comprising butterflies and moths). As with most common names, the application of the word is arbitrary, since the larvae of sawflies (suborder ...

s) feed on European silver fir (''Abies alba''),

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(''Picea abies''),

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s (''Juniperus'') and

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s (''Pinus'').

Synonyms

Junior synonym In taxonomy, the scientific classification of living organisms, a synonym is an alternative scientific name for the accepted scientific name of a taxon. The botanical and zoological codes of nomenclature treat the concept of synonymy differently. ...

s of this species are: * ''Grapholitha duplicana'' Zetterstedt, 1839 * ''Tortrix dahliana'' Frolich, 1828 * ''Grapholitha duplicana'' var. ''graeca'' Staudinger, 1871 * ''Tortrix (Grapholitha) interruptana'' Herrich-Schäffer, 1851 * ''Grapholita dublicana'' icab. ''major'' Prohaska, 1922 * ''Laspeyresia duplicana'' (Zetterstedt, 1839) In addition, the specific name ''interruptana'' was used in a list of tortrix moths by G.A.W. Herrich-Schäffer in 1848 already. But he did not provide a description then, thus the

scientific name In Taxonomy (biology), taxonomy, binomial nomenclature ("two-term naming system"), also called binary nomenclature, is a formal system of naming species of living things by giving each a name composed of two parts, both of which use Latin gramm ...

– later determined to refer to the same species as J.W. Zetterstedt's ''Grapholitha duplicana'' – was validly established by him only in 1851.Baixeras ''et al.'' (2009)

Footnotes

References

* (2009)
Online World Catalogue of the Tortricidae
&ndash
''Cydia duplicana''
Version 1.3.1. Retrieved 2010-APR-20. * (1942): Eigenartige Geschmacksrichtungen bei Kleinschmetterlingsraupen Strange tastes among micromoth caterpillars" ''Zeitschrift des Wiener Entomologen-Vereins'' 27: 105-109 n Germanbr>PDF fulltext
* (2005): Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and some other life forms &ndash

Version of 2005-SEP-13. Retrieved 2010-APR-19.

External links

Eurasian Tortricidae
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