Hedya nubiferana

Hedya nubiferana
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Tortricidae
Genus: Hedya
Species:
H. nubiferana
Binomial name
Hedya nubiferana
Haworth, 1811

Hedya nubiferana, the marbled orchard tortrix or green budworm moth, is a moth of the family Tortricidae. It is found in the Palearctic and Nearctic realms.

Caterpillar

The wingspan is 15–21 mm. The forewing ground colour is grey-brown.There is a square, basal black spot, and just distal to this a more or less clear, light-grey cross-band. At the wing tip there is a wide, snow-white cross-band (similar to the white uric acid in bird excrement). The hindwings are thinly shelled, light grey-brown with brown veins.

The moth flies from May to August.[1]

The larvae feed on hawthorn (Crataegus species) and blackthorn (Prunus spinosa).

Notes

  1. ^ The flight season refers to Belgium and the Netherlands. This may vary in other parts of the range.
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