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Epinotia tedella (Clerck, 1759) [Lepidoptera: Tortricidae] Phalaena tedella Clerck, 1759. Icones:1, pl. 10 fig. 13. Epinotia tedella (Clerck, 1759).

Leaf-mine: The larvae feed among the needles, mining when small, and later in an untidy spinning (UKMoths). Larva: Details unknown. Pupa: Details unknown. Hosts in Britain: Pinaceae       Picea     Plant, in Pitkin & Plant, 2005 Picea abies Norway Spruce UKMoths Hosts elsewhere: Pinaceae       Picea     Nederlandse bladmineerders Time of year - mines: Unknown. Time of year - adults: The moths fly in May and June and are attracted to light (UKMoths). Distribution in Britain: Occupying woodland, the species is fairly common throughout the British Isles (UKMoths) including Banff, East Cornwall, East Ross, East Sutherland, Easterness, Hereford, Kincardine, Kirkudbright, North Aberdeen, South Aberdeen, South Devon, Surrey and West Gloucester (NBN Gateway distribution map - BRERC, HBRG, JNCC, NE, NESBRC and SNH) and the Channel Is. and Ireland (Karsholt & van Nieukerken in Fauna Europaea). Distribution elsewhere: Widespread in Europe including Albania, Austria, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Danish mainland, Estonia, Finland, French mainland, Germany, Greek mainland, Hungary, Italian mainland, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Norwegian mainland, Poland, Romania, Russia - Central, North and Northwest, Slovakia, Slovenia, Sweden, Switzerland and The Netherlands. Also recorded in the East Palaearctic (Karsholt & van Nieukerken in Fauna Europaea). Parasitoids: Trichogramma evanescens Westwood, 1833 Hymenoptera: Trichogrammatidae

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