Gibberifera simplana

Gibberifera simplana
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Tortricidae
Genus: Gibberifera
Species: G. simplana
Binomial name
Gibberifera simplana
(Fischer v. Röslerstamm, 1836)[1]
Synonyms
  • Penthina simplana Fischer v. Röslerstamm, 1836

Gibberifera simplana, the least bell, is a species of moth of the Tortricidae family. It is found in China (Hebei, Jilin, Henan, Hubei, Hunan, Shaanxi, Gansu), Taiwan, Korea, Japan, Russia[2] and Europe, where it has been recorded from Great Britain, France, the Benelux, Germany, Denmark, Austria, Switzerland, Italy, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Poland, Hungary, Romania, Norway, Sweden, Finland and the Baltic region.[3]

The wingspan is 14–16 mm. Adults are on wing from May to July.[4]

The larvae feed on Populus tremula and Salix species. They feed within a spun leaf on a terminal shoot of their host plant. Larvae can be found from August to September. Pupation takes place in a turned-down edge of a leaf, which then falls to the ground where the species overwinters in the pupal stage.[5]

References

  1. ↑ tortricidae.com
  2. ↑ Catalogue of Eucosmini from China (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae)
  3. ↑ Fauna Europaea
  4. ↑ European Butterflies and Moths
  5. ↑ Lepidoptera of Belgium
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