Olethreutes arcuella, the arched marble, is a colorful small moth species of the family Tortricidae.
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Tortricidae |
| Genus: | Olethreutes |
| Species: | O. arcuella
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| Binomial name | |
| Olethreutes arcuella (Clerck, 1759)
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Synonyms
editJunior synonyms of this species are:[1]
- Olethreutes arcuellus (lapsus)
- Phalaena arcuana Linnaeus, 1761
- Phalaena arcuella Clerck, 1759
- Phalaena lambergiana Scopoli, 1763
- Tortrix arcuana (Linnaeus, 1761)
Distribution
editThis species can be found in most of Europe, in the eastern Palearctic realm, and in the Near East.[2]
Habitat
editThese moths inhabit woodland, fields, hill pasture and heaths.[3]
Description
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Olethreutes arcuella has a wingspan of 14–18 mm.[3] Forewings of these medium size moths have an orange-rufous ground colour, with some yellow patches, a few metallic blue-grey or silver-colored streaks and a wide black marking in the middle, which includes a row of three small, silver colored spots. The hindwings are brown.[3] The caterpillars are purplish- gray to violet-brown and have a yellowish-brown head.[4]
This species is quite similar to Olethreutes subtilana, but has rather narrower wings.
Biology
editThis species usually has one generation (univoltine).[4] The flight time of these day-active moths ranges between late May and August.[3] The caterpillars feed on dead and dried out leaves and similar plant material.[3][5][6] Also pupation takes place in plant debris.[7]
Bibliography
edit- Baixeras, J.; Brown, J.W. & Gilligan, T.M. (2009): Online World Catalogue of the Tortricidae – Olethreutes arcuella. Version 1.3.1. Retrieved 2010-APR-19.
- Savela, Markku (2005): Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and some other life forms – Olethreutes arcuellus [sic]. Version of 2005-SEP-16. Retrieved 2010-APR-19.
- Grabe, Albert (1942): Eigenartige Geschmacksrichtungen bei Kleinschmetterlingsraupen ["Strange tastes among micromoth caterpillars"]. Zeitschrift des Wiener Entomologen-Vereins 27: 105-109 [in German]. PDF fulltext
References
edit- ^ Baixeras et al. (2009), and see references in Savela (2005)
- ^ Fauna Europaea
- ^ a b c d e UK Moths
- ^ a b Keith P. Bland, J. Razowski, E.F. Hancock The Moths and Butterflies of Great Britain and Ireland - Tortricidae, part 2: Olethreutinae
- ^ Grabe (1942)
- ^ Lepidoptera of Belgium
- ^ Lot Moths and Butterflies
External links
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