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Tosirips perpulchrana is a moth of the family Tortricidae. It is found in the Russian Far East (Amur, Siberia), north-eastern China (Heilongjiang, Jilin, Liaoning), Korea, Japan and Taiwan.[1]

Tosirips perpulchrana
Tosirips perpulchrana in Kennel Die palaearktischen tortriciden figure 17 female type
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Tortricidae
Genus:	Tosirips
Species:	T. perpulchrana
Binomial name
Tosirips perpulchrana (Kennel, 1901)
Synonyms
Tortrix perpulchrana Kennel, 1901 Tosirips perpulchranus

The wingspan is 19–21 mm for males and 25–27 mm for females. The ground colour of the forewings is yellow ochreous with brownish-grey suffusions and strigulations (fine streaks). The hindwings are grey brown. Adults are on wing in June.[2]

The larvae feed on Salix koreensis.[3]

Subspecies

• Tosirips perpulchrana perpulchrana (Russian Far East, north-eastern China, Korea and Taiwan)
• Tosirips perpulchrana ceramus Razowski, 1987 (Japan)

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