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Phalonidia affinitana
	Phalonidia affinitana, Dyffryn, North Wales, August 2012
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Tortricidae
Genus:	Phalonidia
Species:	P. affinitana
Binomial name
	Phalonidia affinitana; (Douglas, 1846)
Synonyms
	Cochylis affinitana Douglas, 1846; Cochylis cancellana Zeller, 1847; Cochylis inulana Constant, 1884; Cochylis tauriana Kennel, 1899; Conchylis affinitana ab. moravica Zimmerman, 1926; Conchylis littorana Galvagni, 1906; Phalonia affinitana Meyrick, 1895;

Phalonidia affinitana, the large saltmarsh conch or large saltmarsh bell, is a species of moth of the family Tortricidae, the subfamily Tortricinae, and the tribe Cochylini. It is found in China (Liaoning, Tianjin, Xinjiang), Japan, Korea, Russia and most of Europe.^[2]^[3] Its habitat consists of salt marshes.^[4]

Adults are on wing from June to August in western Europe. The larvae feed on the flowers of Aster tripolium.^[5]^[6]

Description

The wingspan is 11–14 mm. The forewings are elongate and the costa gently arched. The ground colour is light brownish-ochreous, submetallic and strigulated with fuscous. There is a slender straight brownish antemedian fascia parallel to the termen and interrupted beneath the costa and a dark fuscous dorsal dot or small spot before the tornus. The hindwings are grey. The larva is whitish, dorsally greyish - tinged; spiracular line faint, grey; head brown; plate of 2 black.^[7]

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