Tortrix viridana Linnaeus, 1758
green oak tortrix
on Quercus
parasite
The young larvae bore into buds, but soon they live freely at the undersides of folded or inrolled leaves. In some years extremely numerous.
host plants
Fagaceae, monophagous
Quercus canariensis, frainetto, ilex, petraea, pubescens, robur, rotundifolia, suber.
Especially in years of mass occurrence larvae may be found also on other tree species like Acer campestre; Ligustrum vulgare.
distribution within Europe
larva
Body green; head brownish black; prothoracic and anal plates pale brown to green. Pinacula brown, sometimes partly greenish brown (Swatschek).
puparium
See Patočka & Turčáni.
references
Bouček (1959a), Bradley, Tremewan & Smith (1973a), Disqué (1905a), Hancock & Bland (2015a), Huertas Dionisio (2007a), Kavurka (2018a), Klimesch (1942a), Mannai, Ezzine & Ben Jamâa (2018a), Meijerman & Ulenberg (2000a), Modlinger & Liška (2016a), Patočka & Turčáni (2005a), Swatschek (1958a), Trematerra (1993a), Trematerra & Colacci (2014a), Vegliante & Zilli (2007a), Žikić, Ritt, Colacci, ao (2019a).