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Ptycholoma erschoffi

species of insect

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionFeb 26, 2024
Entity authorityQ14227668 ↗
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Ptycholoma erschoffi is a species of moth of the family Tortricidae. It is found in the south-eastern part of European Russia, the Caucasus, Transcaucasia, Transbaikalia, Turkmenistan, Asia Minor and Iran.

The wingspan is 19–25 mm for females and 15–17 mm for males. Adults are on wing from May to June.

The larvae feed on Malus, Prunus and Rosa species. They can be found from April to May.

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This entry incorporates text from “Ptycholoma erschoffi” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.