Enarmonia formosana

Enarmonia formosana
Cherrybark Tortrix
Adults (image from entomart.be)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Tortricidae
Genus: Enarmonia
Species: E. formosana
Binomial name
Enarmonia formosana
(Scopoli, 1763)
Synonyms

Several, see text

The Cherrybark Tortrix or Cherry-bark Moth (Enarmonia formosana) is a small but colorful moth species of the family Tortricidae. It is native to all of northern and western Europe, ranging south to the Maghreb. North of the Alps its range extends eastwards to Siberia and Kazakhstan. Possibly and most likely introduced populations are found in Asia Minor and North America, respectively.

It is the type species of its genus (Enarmonia), and by extension of the tribe Enarmoniini of subfamily Olethreutinae.[1]

The wingspan is 15–19 mm. The adult moths fly from May to October in the temperate parts of the range (e.g. Belgium and The Netherlands).

The caterpillars feed on the bark of woody Rosaceae of subfamily Spiraeoideae, namely hawthorns (Crataegus), apples (Malus), cherries (Prunus) and pears (Pyrus). In particular, they have been noted[2] to forage at canker lesions.

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Synonyms

Junior synonyms of this species are:[3]

  • Laspeyresia woeberiana (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775)
  • Phalaena formosana Scopoli, 1763
  • Pyralis woeberana Fabricius, 1787
  • Tortrix ornatana Hübner, [1796-1799][verification needed]
  • Tortrix scriptana Thunberg & Borgström[verification needed], 1784
  • Tortrix woeberiana Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775

Footnotes

  1. ^ Baixeras et al. (2009a)
  2. ^ Grabe (1942)
  3. ^ Grabe (1942), Baixeras et al. (2009b)

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