Dichrorampha petiverella is a moth of the family Tortricidae. It is found in the Palearctic realm.
Dichrorampha petiverella | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Tortricidae |
Genus: | Dichrorampha |
Species: | D. petiverella |
Binomial name | |
Dichrorampha petiverella (Linnaeus, 1758) | |
The wingspan is 10–13 mm. The forewings are dark fuscous, posteriorly irrorated with pale orange ochreous. The costa is posteriorly strigulated with whitish . There is a sharply marked whitish -yellowish rather narrow curved transverse median dorsal blotch and two dark leaden-metallic oblique streaks from the costa posteriorly. There are three or four black dots on the termen towards middle, and a whitish subapical dash. The hindwings are dark fuscous, lighter basally.The larva is pinkish-white; head yellowishbrown; plate of 2 brownish-tinged :[1]
The moth flies from April to August. .
The larvae feed on Achillea millefolium and tansy.
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