Lobesia littoralis

Lobesia littoralis is a moth of the family Tortricidae. It is distributed wherever the foodplant occurs around the coasts of Europe, including the Faroes, Iceland and St Kilda.

Lobesia littoralis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Division:
Ditrysia
Section:
Cossina
Family:
Tortricidae
Genus:
Lobesia
Species:
L. littoralis
Binomial name
Lobesia littoralis

Life history

The wingspan is 11–16 mm. Adults are on wing from late-May to October and there are two generations per year which fly in late afternoon sun and come to light. They can be found on rocky coastlines, saltmarshes, vegetated shingle and gardens.[1]

The larva feed on thrift (Armeria maritima), or birds-foot trefoil (Lotus corniculatus). The first generation larva feed on unripe seeds in the flowerheads or in young shoots, spinning a silken tube among the leaves. Second generation feed on seeds in the dead flowerheads.[2]

The light olive-brown pupa can be found in a strong, white silken cocoon in a flowerhead or among the leaves of the foodplant.[2]

References
  1. Sterling, Phil; Parsons, Mark; Lewington, Richard (212). Field Guide to the Micromoths of Great Britain and Ireland. Gillingham, Dorset: British Wildlife Publishing. p. 305.
  2. Bradley, John D; Tremewan, W G; Hargreaves, Brian (1979). British Tortricoid Moths. Tortricoid: Olethreutinae. London: The Ray Society. pp. 71–2. ISBN 0 903874 06 7.


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