Archips crataegana

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| taxon = Archips crataegana

| authority = (Hubner, [1796-1799])[http://www.tortricidae.com/catalogueSpeciesList.asp?gcode=106 Archips at tortricidae.com]

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|Tortrix crataegana|Hubner, [1796-1799]

|Archips crataegana ab. confluens|Obraztsov, 1955

|Archips endoi|Yasuda, 1975

|Tortrix roborana|Hubner, [1796-1799]

|Cacoecia crataegana var. rubromaculata|Schawerda, 1933

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Archips crataegana, the brown oak tortrix, is a moth of the family Tortricidae. It is found in most of Europe[https://web.archive.org/web/20121015041223/http://www.faunaeur.org/full_results.php?id=439855 Fauna Europaea] east to Japan.

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The wingspan is about 20 mm for males and about 25 mm for females. Adults are sexually dimorphic. The forewings have a sinuate termen There is an irregular vertical, costal fold from the base to 2/3 and light brown or ochreous-brown There is a transverse dorsal spot near the base. The central fascia has the anterior edge angulated below middle. The costal patch is extended as a streak to the termen above the tornus. It is dark ochreous-brown. The fascia is attenuated and sometimes obsolete towards costa. The hindwings are grey, the apex in female sometimes yellowish.Meyrick, E., 1895 A Handbook of British Lepidoptera MacMillan, London [https://archive.org/details/handbookofbritis00meyr/page/n7 pdf] {{PD-notice}} Keys and description Julius von Kennel provides a full description.Julius von Kennel, 1921, The Palaearktischen Tortriciden, eine monographische Darstellung. Stuttgart: E. Schweizerbart'sche Verlagsbuchhandlung. 742 pp. - Palaearctic Tortricidae, a monograph.[https://www.zobodat.at/pdf/Zoologica_21_54_0001-0546.pdf pdf at Zobodat] 129-130

They are on wing from June to August.[https://ukmoths.org.uk/show.php?bf=979 UKmoths]

The larvae feed on various deciduous trees, including Quercus, Ulmus, Fraxinus and Salix species. They feed in a tightly-rolled leaf. The species overwinters as an egg.{{cite journal | url=https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2FBF02856773 | doi=10.1007/BF02856773 | title=Revision of Tribe Archipini (Tortricidae: Tortricinae) in Northeast China | date=2003 | last1=Bong-Kyu | first1=Byun | last2=Shan-Chun | first2=Yan | last3=Cheng-De | first3=Li | journal=Journal of Forestry Research | volume=14 | issue=2 | pages=93–102 | url-access=subscription }}