Rhopobota ustomaculana

Rhopobota ustomaculana
Illustration from John Curtis's British Entomology Volume 6
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Tortricidae
Genus: Rhopobota
Species: R. ustomaculana
Binomial name
Rhopobota ustomaculana
(Curtis, 1831)[1]
Synonyms
  • Steganoptycha ustomaculana Curtis, 1831
  • Tortrix (Steganoptycha) dorsivittana Herrich-Schffer, 1851
  • dorsivittana Herrich-Schaffer, 1847
  • Anchylopera ustomaculana
  • Rhopobota utumaculana Swatschek, 1958

Rhopobota ustomaculana, the Loch Rannoch tortrix or Rannoch bell, is a moth of the Tortricidae family. It is found in most of Europe, east to the eastern part of the Palearctic ecozone, where it has been recorded from China (Anhui, Jiangxi, Hunan, Sichuan, Guizhou, Tibet) and Japan.[2]

The wingspan is about 13 mm. Adults are on wing from June to July. They fly during the afternoon and evening.

The larvae feed on Vaccinium vitis-idaea. They spin together the leaves of their host plant, feeding on the upper parenchyma. The species overwinters in this stage.

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