Phalonidia manniana is a moth of the family Tortricidae. It is found in most of Europe.
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Tortricidae |
| Genus: | Phalonidia |
| Species: | P. manniana
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| Phalonidia manniana (Fischer von Röslerstamm, 1839)[1]
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The wingspan is 10–13 mm. The head is white, its sides ochreous-brown. The forewings have moderately arched costa. The forewing ground colour is whitish-ochreous, its margins strigulated with brown. There is a suffusion along the base of the costa, an oblique streak from dorsum near the base and a median fascia angulated above middle. There is a fascia-like spot from costa posteriorly which does not reach the termen, and indistinct suffusions before and above the tornus All are deep ochreous, sometimes brown-sprinkled. The hindwings are pale grey.[2]
Adults are on wing from June to August depending on the location.
Larvae have been recorded on Mentha piperita, Mentha aquatica, Mentha longifolia, Alisma plantago-aquatica, Butomus, Lycopus and Inula.
References edit
- ^ tortricidae.com
- ^ Meyrick, E., 1895 A Handbook of British Lepidoptera MacMillan, London pdf
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