Cnephasia stephensiana (Doubleday, [1849])
Grey Tortrix
49.0500 (B&F: 1020)
Synonym(s):
Cnephasia octomaculana Curtis, 1850
Cnephasia alternella sensu Stephens, 1852 nec ([Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775)
Cnephasia chrysantheana sensu auctt. nec (Duponchel, [1843])
»Suborder: Glossata
»Superfamily: Tortricoidea
»Family: Tortricidae
»Subfamily: Tortricinae
»Tribe: Cnephasiini
Common
Resident. Common and sometimes very common at light. Generally distributed in large areas, but local in high numbers. Single-brooded, flying mainly from early June to the third week of August. Larvae feed on ox-eye daisy and allied plants also on cow parsnip and dyer's greenweed. (Pratt, 2011).
