Epinotia tetraquetrana, the square-barred bell, is a moth of the family Tortricidae. It is found from most of Europe east to the Near East and the eastern part of the Palearctic realm.[2]
The wingspan is 12–16 mm. The forewings are fuscous, darker-strigulated, often whitish-mixed. The costa is strigulated with blackish and posteriorly with white.The edge of the basal patch is suffused with ferruginous-brown, partly blackish-marked and obtusely angulated Beyond this there issometimes an obscure whitish subquadrate dorsal spot . The central fascia is darker, often ferruginous-suffused; costal half beyond this sometimes ferruginous suffused, with some black scales. The ocellus is obscurely edged with leaden-metallic, usually preceded by a small black subdorsal spot. The termen is sinuate . There is a white subapical dash in cilia.The hindwings are grey.The larva is pale yellowish-green; head and plate of 2 dark or light brown.[3]
^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
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