- Endothenia quadrimaculana
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Endothenia quadrimaculana Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Arthropoda Class: Insecta Order: Lepidoptera Family: Tortricidae Genus: Endothenia Species: E. quadrimaculana Binomial name Endothenia quadrimaculana
(Oku, 1963)Synonyms - Tortrix quadrimaculana Haworth, [1811]
- Tortrix antiguana Hubner, [1811-1813]
- Eutrachia antiquana Hubner, 1822
- Olethreutes antiquana ab. efflorana Krulikowsky, 1908
- Olethreutes antiquana ab. erebana Krulikowsky, 1908
- Argyroploce helvinana Kennel, 1900
- Olethreutes antiquana ab. meinhardiana Krulikowsky, 1908
- Orthotaenia obesana Peyerimhoff, 1863
- Argyroploce antiquana var. pallidana Caradja, 1916
- Argyroploce pallidana Kennel, 1919
Endothenia quadrimaculana is a moth of the Tortricidae family. It is found from northern and central Europe to Siberia and south-eastern Russia, Mongolia and China. Subspecies nubilana is found in North America.
The wingspan is 18–22 mm. In France and Switzerland, there are two generations per year. Adults are on wing in May and June and again in August and September.
The larvae feed on Mentha spicata, Mentha arvensis, Lamium album, Stachys palustris, Stachys arvensis, Stachys recta and Symphytum officinale. In France also on Stachys affinis, which is imported from Japan. The larvae attack and damage the rhyzomes of Stachys species, which will spoil easily and have to be eliminated before being sold. Only the larvae of the second generation cause economically important damage to cultivated Stachys, those of the early generation tunnel in the roots and the runners.
Subspecies
- Endothenia quadrimaculana quadrimaculana (Eurasia)
- Endothenia quadrimaculana nubilana (North America)
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