''Endothenia ericetana'' is a species of

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 ...

, belonging to the family

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 ...

first described by Henry Noel Humphreys and John O. Westwood in 1845. It is native to the

Palearctic The Palearctic or Palaearctic is a biogeographic realm of the Earth, the largest of eight. Confined almost entirely to the Eastern Hemisphere, it stretches across Europe and Asia, north of the foothills of the Himalayas, and North Africa. Th ...

including Europe. The wingspan is 14–20 mm. The forewings are light fuscous, sometimes obscurely darker-strigulated . The base is obscurely darker or ferruginous-tinged. There is an indistinct central fascia not reaching the dorsum, a short transverse tornal streak, and a subapical streak not reaching costa All are darker fuscous or ochreous - brown and obscure. The hindwings are rather dark grey.Meyrick, E., 1895 ''A Handbook of British Lepidoptera'' MacMillan, Londo
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Keys and description The species is found in connection with meadows, fields and farmland.The larvae feed in the stems and rootstock of woundwort ''

Stachys ''Stachys'' is a genus of plants, one of the largest in the mint family Lamiaceae.Harley, R. M., et al. 2004. "Labiatae". pages 167–275. In: Kubitzki, K. (editor) and J. W. Kadereit (volume editor). ''The Families and Genera of Vascular Plants ...

'' and corn-mint ''

Mentha arvensis ''Mentha arvensis'', the corn mint, field mint, or wild mint, is a species of flowering plant in the mint family Lamiaceae. It has a circumboreal distribution, being native to the temperate regions of Europe and western and central Asia, east to ...

''. The moths fly in July–August.

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{{Taxonbar, from=Q13372257 Endotheniini Moths described in 1845