Gynnidomorpha permixtana

Gynnidomorpha permixtana, the coast conch, is a moth of the family Tortricidae. The species was first described by Michael Denis and Ignaz Schiffermüller in 1775.[1]

Coast conch
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Tortricidae
Genus:
Gynnidomorpha
Species:
G. permixtana
Binomial name
Gynnidomorpha permixtana
Synonyms
  • Tortrix permixtana [Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775
  • Phalonidia permixtana [Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775
  • Phalonia walsinghamana Pierce & Metcalf, 1922
  • Piercea walsinghamanaPierce & Metcalf, 1922
  • Cochylis dymotana Treitschke, 1835
  • Cochylis mussehliana Treitschke, 1835

Distribution

It is found in China (Anhui, Beijing, Fujian, Gansu, Guizhou, Hainan, Hebei, Heilongjiang, Henan, Hubei, Liaoning, Ningxia, Shaanxi, Shandong, Shanghai, Shanxi, Sichuan, Tianjin, Xizang, Zhejiang), Afghanistan, Iran, Japan, Korea, Mongolia, Russia and Europe.[2][3] The habitat consists of waste ground, damp heathland and mosses.[4] It was recently found from Sri Lanka.[5]

Description

The wingspan is 8–12 mm. Adults are on wing nearly year round.

The larvae feed on Alisma, Gentiana, Euphrasia and Pedicularis species. They feed within the stems of their host plant.

Life cycle
  • 3. eggs; 4. early instar larva; 5. final instar larva
  • 6. pupa; 7. newly emerged adult
  • Damage 9. one week after hatching; 10. two weeks; 11. three weeks
  • 12. infested fruits; 13. uninfested fruits; 14. uninfested Alisma seeds; 15. infested Sagittaria seeds

References
  1. Tortricid.net
  2. Sun, Y.-H. & H.H. Li, 2013: Review of the Chinese species of Gynnidomorpha Turner, 1916 (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae: Cochylini). Zootaxa 3646 (5): 545-560. Abstract: doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3646.5.4
  3. Fauna Europaea
  4. Hantsmoths
  5. Diakonoff, A. (1982). "On a Collection of Some Families of Micro-Lepidoptera from Sri Lanka (Ceylon)". Zoologische Verhandelingen. 193: 1–124 – via Naturalis Biodiversity Center.


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