Endothenia hebesana

Endothenia hebesana, the verbena bud moth, is a species of moth of the family Tortricidae. It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from Massachusetts, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, Florida, Texas, Ohio, Indiana, Missouri, California, British Columbia, Alberta, Manitoba and Ontario.[2] The habitat consists of black spruce-sphagnum bogs.

Endothenia hebesana
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Tortricidae
Genus:	Endothenia
Species:	E. hebesana
Binomial name
Endothenia hebesana (Walker, 1863)[1]
Synonyms
Sciaphila hebesana Walker, 1863 Endothenia adustana Krogerus, 1947 Olethreutes daeckeana Kearfott, 1907 Endothenia fillerea Kuznetzov, 1993 Penthina fullerea Riley, in Fuller, 1869 Endothenia inexpectana Kuznetzov, 1993 Carpocapsa inexpertana Walker, 1863 Endothenia kiyosatoensis Kawabe, 1980 Argyroploce torquata Meyrick, 1927 Endothenia toteniana Opheim, 1972

The length of the forewings is 5-8.2 mm for both sexes. The forewings vary from dusky brown to clay. Adults are on wing from late April to mid-June in one or multiple generations per year depending on the latitude.

The larvae feed on the seeds of Antirrhinum, Gentiana, Gerardia, Iris, Orthocarpus, Penstemon, Physostegia, Solidago, Stachys, Teucrium, Tigridia, Verbascum, Verbena, Veronica, Sarracenia, Scrophularia and Scutellaria species. There are five larval instars. Instars four and five overwinter in the flower stalks of the host plant. Pupation takes place in late May.[3]

References

1. tortricidae.com
2. mothphotographersgroup
3. Bodeux, B. (2006). "Species Details: Endothenia hebesana". University of Alberta Museums. E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum. Retrieved December 26, 2020.