Epinotia trigonella

Epinotia trigonella, the birch epinotia moth, is a species of moth of the family Tortricidae. It is found in most of Europe, east to the eastern Palearctic realm. It is also found in North America.

Phylum:Arthropoda

Clade:Pancrustacea

Class:Insecta

Order:Lepidoptera

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Epinotia trigonella
Epinotia trigonella Moscow Oblast
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Clade:	Pancrustacea
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Tortricidae
Genus:	Epinotia
Species:	E. trigonella
Binomial name
Epinotia trigonella (Linnaeus, 1758)[1][2]
Synonyms
Phalaena (Tinea) trigonella Linnaeus, 1758 Phalaena bimaculana Donovan, [1808] Grapholitha biscutana Wocke, 1862 Paedsica cervana Eversmann, 1844 Paedisca dissimilana Treitschke, 1835 Teras indecorana Zetterstedt, 1839 Eucosma petalonota Meyrick, 1937 Phalaena (Tortrix) similana Hubner, 1793 Tortrix straemiana Haworth, [1811] Pyralis stroemiana Fabricius, 1781

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The wingspan is 16–21 mm.^[3] Adults are on wing from August to September.

The larvae feed on Betula species. They feed between folded or spun leaves of their host plant.