Tosirips perpulchrana

Tosirips perpulchrana
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Tortricidae
Genus: Tosirips
Species: T. perpulchrana
Binomial name
Tosirips perpulchrana
(Kennel, 1901)
Synonyms
  • Tortrix perpulchrana Kennel, 1901
  • Tosirips perpulchranus

Tosirips perpulchrana is a moth of the family Tortricidae. It is found in the Russian Far East (Amur, Siberia), north-eastern China (Heilongjiang, Jilin, Liaoning), Korea, Japan and Taiwan.[1]

The wingspan is 19-21 mm for males and 25-27 mm for females. The ground colour of the forewings is yellow ochreous with brownish-grey suffusions and strigulations (fine streaks). The hindwings are grey brown. Adults are on wing in June.[2]

The larvae feed on Salix koreensis.[3]

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