Tortrix viridana

Taxobox
name = "Tortrix viridana"

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image_width = 240px
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Arthropoda
classis = Insecta
ordo = Lepidoptera
familia = Tortricidae
subfamilia = Tortricinae
genus = "Tortrix"
species = "T. viridana"
binomial = "Tortrix viridana"
binomial_authority = (L., 1758)

The tortrix moth "Tortrix viridana" is known as the European oak leafroller and the green oak moth. It is a distinctive green moth whose larvae feed on tree leaves, especially oak.

An infestation of the larvae can defoliate an oak tree. The adult female lays its eggs next to leaf buds which the larvae consume when they emerge. As the larvae grow bigger they eat larger leaves, and then roll themselves up in a full-sized leaf to pupate.

The Ichneumon wasp "Dirophanes invisor" is a parasitoid which specializes on "T. viridana".

References

* [http://ukmoths.org.uk/show.php?bf=1033 UK moths]