Pseudargyrotoza conwagana

Pseudargyrotoza conwagana is a moth of the family Tortricidae. It is found in Europe, China (Heilongjiang, Jilin, Shaanxi, Sichuan, Beijing, Shandong), South Korea, Japan, Russia (Siberia, Ussuri) and Asia Minor.[2]

Pseudargyrotoza conwagana
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Tortricidae
Genus:	Pseudargyrotoza
Species:	P. conwagana
Binomial name
Pseudargyrotoza conwagana (Fabricius, 1775)[1]
Synonyms
Pyralis conwagana Fabricius, 1775 Tortrix aeratana Kennel, 1910 Phalaena (Tortrix) conwayana Gmelin, 1788 Argyrotoxa deficiens Dufrane, 1960 Tortrix erebina Schawerda, 1916 Cochylis hoffmannseggana Treitschke, 1830 Agapeta hoffmanseggana Hubner, 1822 Tortrix hoffmanseggiana Haworth, [1811] Tortrix hofmanseggana Hubner, [1796-1799] Phalaena montana Scopoli, 1763 Tortrix spixiana Frolich, 1828 Argyrotoza subaurantiana Stephens, 1829 Commophila subaurantiana Stephens, 1834

The wingspan is 11–15 mm. The thorax is crested. The forewings are triangular, yellow, more or less suffused with orange or ferruginous and faintly darker-strigulated. The basal patch is often darker and always followed by a pale yellow dorsal mark. The central and terminal fasciae are often darker or blackish-mixed, edged with leaden-metallic dots. The hindwings are blackish - grey, lighter anteriorly. The larva yellow-whitish; dorsal line darker; head yellow-brownish.[3]

Adults are on wing from May to July.

The larvae feed on Fraxinus excelsior, Fraxinus mandshurica, Ligustrum (including Ligustrum lucidum) and Berberis species.