Eugnosta magnificana is a species of moth of the family Tortricidae. It is found from Spain and southern France to North Macedonia, north to Hungary and east to the southern Ural Mountains,[2] Asia Minor, Armenia, the Transcaspian area, Iran (Kandovan), Afghanistan[3] and China (Inner Mongolia).[4]

Eugnosta magnificana
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Tortricidae
Genus: Eugnosta
Species:
E. magnificana
Binomial name
Eugnosta magnificana
(Rebel, 1914)[1]
Synonyms
  • Euxanthis magnificana Rebel, 1914
  • Tortrix margaritana Hubner, [1811-1813] (preocc. Haworth, 1811)
  • Tortrix norvichiana Hubner, [1811-1813]
  • Tortrix (Eupecillia) norwichiana Herrich-Schaffer, 1851
  • Argyroptera novrvichiana Duponchel, 1846

The wingspan is 19–29 mm. Adults are on wing from June to August.

Subspecies edit

  • Eugnosta magnificana magnificana
  • Eugnosta magnificana iberica Obraztsov, 1964 (Spain)

References edit

  1. ^ tortricidae.com
  2. ^ Fauna Europaea
  3. ^ Alipanah, Helen, 2009: Synopsis of the Cochylini (Tortricidae: Tortricinae: Cochylini) of Iran, with the description of a new species. Zootaxa 2245: 1-31.
  4. ^ A Brief Summary of Tribe Cochylini from China (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae: Tortricinae)