Green oak tortrix

Tortrix viridana

The green oak tortrix, ''Tortrix viridana'', also known as the European oak leafroller and the green oak moth is a distinctive green moth whose larvae feed on tree leaves, especially oak.
Green oak moth  Geotagged,Netherlands,Spring,Tortrix viridana,moth week 2018,tortrix viridana

Behavior

An infestation of the larvae can defoliate an oak tree. The adult female lays its eggs next to leaf buds which the larvae consume when they emerge. As the larvae grow bigger they eat larger leaves, and then roll themselves up in a full-sized leaf to pupate.
Green oak moth  Geotagged,Netherlands,Spring,Tortrix viridana,moth week 2018,tortrix viridana

Predators

The Ichneumon wasp ''Dirophanes invisor'' is a parasitoid which specializes on ''T. viridana''.

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Taxonomy
KingdomAnimalia
DivisionArthropoda
ClassInsecta
OrderLepidoptera
FamilyTortricidae
GenusTortrix
SpeciesT. viridana
Photographed in
Netherlands