Species of moth
Pelatea klugiana is a moth of the family Tortricidae . It is found from the Iberian Peninsula through southern France (Alpes-Maritimes ), Italy , Austria , Slovenia , Hungary , Croatia (Istria ), Bulgaria , Romania to Ukraine and southern Russia . In the north it is found up to Lower Austria and Carinthia .
Habitat
Web
Cocoon in web
The length of the forewings is 10-10.7 mm, although adults of subspecies verucha are somewhat smaller (9.0-9.3 mm). Adults are on wing from May to June in one generation per year.
The larvae feed on Paeonia tenuifolia , Paeonia rosea , Paeonia officinalis and Paeonia biebersteiniana . They live in groups of two to seven under a web from which they feed on their host plant. Pupation takes place in the web.[2]
Subspecies
Pelatea klugiana klugiana
Pelatea klugiana verucha Nedoshivina & Zolotuhin, 2005 (southern Russia)[2]
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