Agapeta hamana is a moth of the family Tortricidae. It is found in Europe (from the Iberian Peninsula to the Ural Mountains), western and southern Siberia, the Caucasus, Kazakhstan, Transcaucasia, Asia Minor, Central Asia, Iran, Afghanistan, Mongolia, western China and northern India.[2]

Agapeta hamana
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Tortricidae
Genus: Agapeta
Species:
A. hamana
Binomial name
Agapeta hamana
Synonyms
  • Phalaena hamana Linnaeus, 1758
  • Euxanthis hamana ab. albana Dufrane, 1960
  • Euxanthis hamana ab. albana Schille, 1917
  • Euxanthis hamana ab. deficiens Dufrane, 1960
  • Euxanthis hamana ab. depuncta Obraztsov, 1943
  • Phalaena diversana Hubner, 1793
  • Euxanthis hamana ab. periphragmella Schawerda, 1911

The wingspan is 15–25 mm. The pale yellow forewing has the costa moderately arched. The base of the costa, and a streak from the disc to beyond the middle of the tornus are ferruginous-fuscous. Sometimes there are several irregular variable ferruginous marks towards the margins. The hindwings are rather dark grey.[3] Julius von Kennel provides a full description. [4]

The moth flies from June to August, from dusk.

The larvae feed on Carduus.

References

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  1. ^ tortricidae.com
  2. ^ Trematerra, P., 2010: Clepsis trifasciata sp. n. with notes on some Lepidoptera Tortricidae from Kirgizstan. Journal of Entomological and Acarological Research Serie II 42 (1): 1-10. Abstract and full article: [1]
  3. ^ Meyrick, E., 1895 A Handbook of British Lepidoptera MacMillan, London pdf   This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain. Keys and description
  4. ^ Julius von Kennel, 1921, The Palaearktischen Tortriciden, eine monographische Darstellung. Stuttgart: E. Schweizerbart'sche Verlagsbuchhandlung. 742 pp. - Palaearctic Tortricidae, a monograph.pdf at Zobodat 322-323
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