Cnephasia chrysantheana

Cnephasia chrysantheana is a species of moth of the family Tortricidae. It is found in the Near East, Spain, France, Italy, Austria, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Slovenia, Hungary, Romania, Ukraine and on Sicily and Sardinia.^[2]

Cnephasia chrysantheana
Cnephasia chrysantheana in Kennel Die palaearktischen tortriciden figure 43 female
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Tortricidae
Genus:	Cnephasia
Species:	C. chrysantheana
Binomial name
Cnephasia chrysantheana (Duponchel in Godart, 1842)[1]
Synonyms
Sciaphila chrysantheana Duponchel, in Godart, 1842 chrysanthemana Herrich-Schaffer, 1847 Cnephasia cinareana Chretien, 1892 Cnephasia cinereana Meyrick, in Wagner, 1912 Cnephasia (Cnephasia ) wilkinsoni form ind. directana Real, 1953 Cnephasia (Cnephasia) pulmonariana Real, 1953

The wingspan is 17–26 mm. Adults have been recorded on wing from June to July in one generation per year.^[3]

The larvae feed on Lathyrus, Scabiosa, Artemisia, Chrysanthemum, Cirsium, Carlina, Centaurea, Taraxacum and Pulmonaria species.