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Epiblema costipunctana
	Male genitalia
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Tortricidae
Genus:	Epiblema
Species:	E. costipunctana
Binomial name
	Epiblema costipunctana; (Haworth, 1811)

Epiblema costipunctana is a species of moth belonging to the family Tortricidae.^[1] It is native to Europe.^[1]

The wingspan is 13-18mm.The forewings are fuscous, sometimes ochreous- tinged, irregularly marked with black.The costa is strigulated with black and white .Three streaks from costa and the margins of ocellus are leaden - metallic. The sharply angulated edge of basal patch and the central fascia are darker and separated by a somewhat pentagonal white dorsal blotch more or less strigulated with blackish. There is a suffused blackish spot before apex. The hindwings are fuscous, in male basally whitish, with terminal and broader dorsal blackish fascia, in female posteriorly darker fuscous. The larva is pinkish-white, sharply ringed with white; spots red; head brown; plate of 2 whitish or grey, posterior edge blackish.^[2]

The moths fly from May to July and again from late July to September. The larvae feed on Senecio jacobaea.

References

^ ^a ^b "Epiblema costipunctana (Haworth, 1811)". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 16 February 2021.
^ Meyrick, E., 1895 A Handbook of British Lepidoptera MacMillan, London pdf This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain. Keys and description