Capua vulgana

Capua vulgana is a moth of the family Tortricidae found in Asia and Europe.^[2] It was first described by the German entomologist Josef Aloys Frölich in 1828.

Mounted specimen

Capua vulgana
Capua vulgana, dorsal view
Side view
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Tortricidae
Genus:	Capua
Species:	C. vulgana
Binomial name
Capua vulgana (Frölich, 1828)[1]
Synonyms
List Tortrix vulgana Frölich, 1828 Tortrix favillaceana Hübner, [1814-1817] Tortrix marcidana Frölich, 1828 Capua ochraceana Stephens, 1834 Capua terreana Treitschke, 1835

Distribution

This species can be found from Ireland and Great Britain, east through the Benelux, Fennoscandia and central and south-eastern Europe to Siberia and Sakhalin to the Kuriles. It is also found in China (Heilongjiang, Inner Mongolia, Jilin, Sichuan, Shandong) and Taiwan.^[1][3]

Habitat

These rather common moths mainly inhabit in woodlands, in open scrubs and in deciduous forests.^[4]

Description

The wingspan of Capua vulgana can reach 13–19 mm. These broad-winged Tortrix moths have a buff-coloured head and pale brown forewings with dark brown markings. Males are more well-marked than the females.^[4]

Biology

It is a univoltine species. Adults are on wing from May to June and can be found flying at dusk. The larvae feed on the leaves of a wide range of woodland trees and plants, including alder (Alnus glutinosa), hazel (Corylus avellana), rowan (Sorbus aucuparia), pedunculate oak (Quercus robur) and bilberry (Vaccinium myrtillus).^[4][5][6]