Ptycholoma imitator is a species of moth of the family Tortricidae. It is found in China (Heilongjiang, Jilin, Fujian), the Korean Peninsula, Japan (Hokkaido, Honshu) and Russia (Amur, Siberia).[2] The habitat consists of oak forests, cedar broad-leaved forests, fir broad-leaved forests, valley broad-leaved forests and gardens.

Ptycholoma imitator
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Tortricidae
Genus: Ptycholoma
Species:
P. imitator
Binomial name
Ptycholoma imitator
Synonyms
  • Archips imitator Walsingham, 1900

The wingspan is 18–24 for males and 24 mm for females.[3] Adults are on wing from July to August.[4]

References

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  1. ^ tortricidae.com
  2. ^ Bong-Kyu, Byun; Shan-Chun, Yan; Cheng-De, Li (2003). "Revision of Tribe Archipini (Tortricidae: Tortricinae) in Northeast China". Journal of Forestry Research. 14 (2): 93–102. doi:10.1007/BF02856773.
  3. ^ Japanese Moths
  4. ^ Kryzhanovskiĭ, Oleg Leonidovich; Davis, Donald Ray (1989). Lepidopterous Fauna of the USSR and Adjacent Countries: A Collection of Papers Dedicated to Professor Alexsandr Sergeevich Danilevskii. Brill Archive. ISBN 90-04-08805-9.