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Apotomis sauciana, the Sutherland long-cloak or Greville's marble, is a moth of the family Tortricidae. It is found in most of Europe, east to the eastern part of the Palearctic realm.

Apotomis sauciana
Illustration from John Curtis's British Entomology Volume 6
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Tortricidae
Genus:	Apotomis
Species:	A. sauciana
Binomial name
Apotomis sauciana (Frölich, 1828)
Synonyms
Tortrix sauciana Frölich, 1828 Apotomis sororculana f. boreana Krogerus, 1945 Penthina grevillana Curtis, 1835 Aphania sororculana kalaivamara Obraztsov, 1943 Antithesia staintoniana Barrett, 1872

The wingspan is 13–16 mm. Adults are on wing from June to August. They fly during the afternoon and evening.

The larvae feed on Vaccinium myrtillus and Arctostaphylos species. They feed in spun shoots.

Subspecies

• Apotomis sauciana sauciana
• Apotomis sauciana grevillana (Scotland)

External links

• UKmoths
• Fauna Europaea

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