Phtheochroa inopiana
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'''''Phtheochroa inopiana''''', the '''plain conch''', is a species of [[moth]] of the family [[Tortricidae]]. It is found in [[China]] ([[Beijing]], [[Gansu]], [[Hebei]], [[Heilongjiang]], [[Jilin]]), [[Iran]], [[Japan]], [[Mongolia]], [[Russia]][http://hkentsoc.org/bulletin/HKEB5%281%29_Sun&Li_Cochylini.pdf A Brief Summary of Tribe Cochylini from China (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae: Tortricinae)] and most of Europe. It has also been recorded in North America. |
'''''Phtheochroa inopiana''''', the '''plain conch''', is a species of [[moth]] of the family [[Tortricidae]]. It is found in [[China]] ([[Beijing]], [[Gansu]], [[Hebei]], [[Heilongjiang]], [[Jilin]]), [[Iran]], [[Japan]], [[Mongolia]], [[Russia]][http://hkentsoc.org/bulletin/HKEB5%281%29_Sun&Li_Cochylini.pdf A Brief Summary of Tribe Cochylini from China (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae: Tortricinae)] and most of Europe. It has also been recorded in North America.{{Citation needed|date=November 2023|reason=Original citation link broken and has no content about sightings in America http://mothphotographersgroup.msstate.edu/species.php?hodges=3818}} The habitat consists of damp areas and woodland edges. |
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The [[wingspan]] is 17–22 mm. The forewings are relatively narrow and brownish, and are quite variable in colour. Adults are [[sexually dimorphic]]; the females are plainer than the males. Meyrick describes it: "Forewings light ochreous, more or less sprinkled or strigulated with brownish, sometimes reddish-tinged; sometimes two darker dots in disc beyond middle. Hindwings pale fuscous. The larva ochreous-whitish; head and plate of 2 brown."Meyrick, E., 1895 ''A Handbook of British Lepidoptera'' MacMillan, London [https://archive.org/details/handbookofbritis00meyr/page/n7 pdf] {{PD-notice}} Keys and description |
The [[wingspan]] is 17–22 mm. The forewings are relatively narrow and brownish, and are quite variable in colour. Adults are [[sexually dimorphic]]; the females are plainer than the males. Meyrick describes it: "Forewings light ochreous, more or less sprinkled or strigulated with brownish, sometimes reddish-tinged; sometimes two darker dots in disc beyond middle. Hindwings pale fuscous. The larva ochreous-whitish; head and plate of 2 brown."Meyrick, E., 1895 ''A Handbook of British Lepidoptera'' MacMillan, London [https://archive.org/details/handbookofbritis00meyr/page/n7 pdf] {{PD-notice}} Keys and description |
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