Epinotia cruciana

Epinotia cruciana, the willow tortrix, is a moth of the family Tortricidae.

Epinotia cruciana
A live individual
Mounted specimen
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Tortricidae
Genus:	Epinotia
Species:	E. cruciana
Binomial name
Epinotia cruciana (Linnaeus, 1761)[1]
Synonyms
Phalaena cruciana Linnaeus, 1761 Tortrix augustana (Hübner, 1811-13) Sciaphila vilisana Walker, 1863 Enarmonia cockleana (Kearfott, 1904) Epinotia cruciana lepida Heinrich, 1924 Epinotia cruciana alaskae Heinrich, 1923 Pamplusia alticolana Stephens, 1852 Hypermecia angustana Desmarest, 1857 Tortrix brunneana Frolich, 1828 Sciaphila direptana Walker, 1863 Hypermecia excaecana Stephens, 1852 excoecana Herrich-Schaffer, 1849 Tortrix (Grapholitha) excoecana Herrich-Schaffer, 1851 Epinotia cruciana ab. gradli Rebel, 1929 Tortrix gyllenhahliana Thunberg & Borgstrm, 1784 Hypermecia viminana Guenee, 1845 [2]

Description

The wingspan is 12–15 mm. This moth has a characteristic wing pattern, with a pale brown ground colour and dark brown markings of the forewings, resembling a cross (hence the Latin name cruciana of the species).^[3]

Adults are on wing from June to early August.^[3]

The larvae feed on various sallows and willows, mainly Salix repens, on which the larva spins together the leaves of a terminal shoot and feeds within.^[3]

Distribution

This species can be found from Europe to Japan and in North America.^[4]