Epinotia ramella

Epinotia ramella is a moth of the family Tortricidae. It is found in Europe, China (Hebei, Inner Mongolia, Jilin, Heilongjiang, Sichuan, Gansu, Qinghai, Ningxia), Japan, Russia and Kazakhstan.^[2]

Epinotia ramella
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Tortricidae
Genus:	Epinotia
Species:	E. ramella
Binomial name
Epinotia ramella (Linnaeus, 1758)[1]
Synonyms
Phalaena (Tinea) ramella Linnaeus, 1758 Grapholitha costana Duponchel, in Godart, 1836 Anchylopera fimbriana Stephens, 1829 Tortrix paykulliana Fabricius, 1787 Tortrix ramana Frolich, 1828 Tortrix sesquilunana Haworth, [1811]

The wingspan is 13–16 millimetres (0.51–0.63 in). The forewings are ochreous-white, with some black scales towards base. The is costa greyish-tinged, strigulated with black. There is a triangular black spot mixed with grey on dorsum before middle, and another less defined on the tornus. The central fascia is ill-marked and pale ochreous grey. The apex is suffused with dark grey, the ocellus edged with leaden metallic. Sometimes the dorsal 3/5 of the forewing wholly suffused with blackish-grey. The hindwings are grey.^[3]

Biology

The moth flies from June to November in Europe.

The larvae mainly feed on the catkins of birch and willow.

Habitat

Epinotia ramella is found Europe, it lives in well wooded areas that contain the larval food plants.^[4]