Bactra bactrana

TaxID: 2316829

Basic Information

Bactra bactrana

Moth

Bactra bactrana is a species of moth of the family Tortricidae. It is found on the Canary Islands, Sicily and Malta and in southern Spain, Portugal, southern Italy, France, Greece, Morocco, Algeria, Egypt, Asia Minor, Arabia, Iraq, Iran, the Caucasus, Afghanistan, the Caspian area, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, Pakistan, India, the Republic of Congo, Madagascar, Sudan and Gambia. The wingspan is 12 C19 mm for males and 13 C21 mm for females. The ground colour of the forewings is ochreous yellow with dense greyish sprinkling. The hindwings are brown. Adults have been recorded on wing in July in Europe. The larvae feed on Poa species and Cynodon dactylon.

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Taxonomic Information

Eukaryota

Arthropoda

Insecta

Lepidoptera

Tortricidae

Bactra

bactrana

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Photos (5 photos)

Bactra bactrana
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(c) Luis Santos@BY-NC
Bactra bactrana
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(c) Rafa Vázquez@BY-NC
Bactra bactrana
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(c) Marc Thibault@BY-NC
Bactra bactrana
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(c) Paolo Mazzei@BY-NC
Bactra bactrana
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(c) Paolo Mazzei@BY-NC

Morphological Features

Adult. Forewing elongate, light to dark brown with greyish suffusion; costa with typical strigulae variably developed; transversal elements degenerated; scales on discal cell and from discal cell to apex variably darker, giving a longitudinally striated general aspect. Wing pattern cryptically variable, not reliable for species identification. Male genitalia (uncus and gnathos) are the only reliable morphological characters for species identification. Body length and other external measurements not available.

Source: GBIF Life Stage: Adult Source Type: Scholarly article
Citation:

E. Roditakis, S. Morin, J. Baixeras. 2016. Is <i>Bactra bactrana</i> (Kennel, 1901) a novel pest of sweet peppers?. Bulletin of Entomological Research

Host Plants (0 host plants)

Data sources: EPPO Global Database and relevant literature.

No host plants available.

Quarantine Status (1 records)

Data sources: IPPC website and national quarantine websites; verified by human review.

Country Status Year Added
United States of America Quarantine pests —

Distribution (10 countries)

Data Sources: EPPO Global Database and GBIF.

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Present
0
Absent
0
Unknown/Other
Country Status State
United Arab Emirates Present —
Azerbaijan Present —
Bulgaria Present —
Spain Present —
Estonia Present —
France Present —
Italy Present —
Madagascar Present —
Pakistan Present —
Portugal Present —

Distribution Map (Latitude and longitude coordinates sourced from GBIF.)

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Genomes (0 records)

Data source: NCBI.

No genome records available.

Transcriptomes (0 records)

Data source: NCBI.

No transcriptome records available.

DNA Barcodes (11 records)

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Data source: BOLD.

Process ID BIN Marker Length Country Date Lat/Lon Sequence
PHLSA032-11 BOLD:AAL5788 COI-5P 658 Spain 2004-05-22 38.1583, -0.625278
PHLSA030-11 BOLD:AAL5788 COI-5P 658 Spain 2005-09-08 39.3833, -0.316667
MIMAD231-15 BOLD:ACS7628 COI-5P 639 Madagascar 2013-11-01 -13.367, 48.283
MIMAD024-15 BOLD:ACS7628 COI-5P 658 Madagascar 2013-11-10 -13.381, 48.279
LNAUX1038-18 BOLD:ACR0915 COI-5P 563 India 1930-05-31 -
LEUAE1198-14 BOLD:ACR0915 COI-5P 658 United Arab Emirates 2006-04-21 25.35, 55.4
LEPWP4870-25 BOLD:ACR0915 COI-5P 614 Cyprus 2025-04-03 35.33139, 34.068333
GWOUK380-22 BOLD:AAL5788 COI-5P 624 Italy 2021-11-08 39.8933, 15.7827
GMBUG170-14 BOLD:ACR0915 COI-5P 582 Bulgaria 2012-09-04 43.0094, 23.0578
BCLEP5013-23 BOLD:AAL5788 COI-5P 654 Italy 2022-10-12 39.3675, 16.2282
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