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Eriopsela quadrana is a moth of the family Tortricidae. It is found in most of Europe (except Iceland, the Iberian Peninsula, Ukraine, and the Balkan Peninsula), east to the eastern part of the Palearctic realm.

Eriopsela quadrana
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Tortricidae
Genus:	Eriopsela
Species:	E. quadrana
Binomial name
Eriopsela quadrana (Hübner, 1813)
Synonyms
Tortrix quadrana Hubner, [1811-1813] Steganoptycha quadratana var. abiscoana Caradja, 1916 Steganoptycha quadrana var. abiskoana Caradja, 1916 Eriopsela bavarica Obraztsov, 1952 Semasia quadrana ab. ochracea Orstadius, 1932 Steganoptycha quadratana var. abiscoana quadratana Caradja, 1916 Eriopsela roseni Obraztsov, 1952

The wingspan is about 12–16 mm.The forewings are elongate and the costa is almost straight. The ground colour is whitish-grey, striated with dark fuscous. The costa is posteriorly spotted with dark fuscous .The edge of basal patch is obtusely angulated in the middle. There is a slender dorsally dilated central fascia, and an irregular spot before the termen in middle. Both are rather dark fuscous and distinctly darker dorsally. The hind wings are grey, beneath much suffused with whitish.[1]

Adults are on wing from May to June. They appear in the late afternoon.

The larvae feed on Solidago virgaurea and Succissa pratensis. They fold the leaves upwards and feed within.

References

External links

• Fauna Europaea
• UKmoths

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