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.A Brief Summary of Tribe Cochylini from China (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae: Tortricinae)Fauna Europaea Its habitat consists of salt marshes.Hants Moths
Adults are on wing from June to August in western Europe. The larvae feed on the flowers of Aster tripolium.Phalonidia at funetUKmoths
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.Meyrick, E., 1895 A Handbook of British Lepidoptera MacMillan, London pdf Keys and description
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Similar species Subspecies Phalonidia affinitana affinitana Phalonidia affinitana tauriana (Kennel, 1899)
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