Tosirips perpulchrana

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]

Tosirips perpulchrana
Tosirips perpulchrana in Kennel Die palaearktischen tortriciden figure 17 female type
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

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]

Subspecies
  • Tosirips perpulchrana perpulchrana (Russian Far East, north-eastern China, Korea and Taiwan)
  • Tosirips perpulchrana ceramus Razowski, 1987 (Japan)

References
  1. Tortricidae (Lepidoptera) Collected in Taiwan, with Description of one new genus and eight new species
  2. RAZOWSKI, J. (1987): A New Palaearctic Archipini genus (Lepidoptera, Tortricidae). — Nota lepidopterologica 10 (1): 87-92
  3. Revision of Tribe Archipini (Tortricidae: Tortricinae) in Northeast China


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