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| Dichelia histrionana | |
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Tortricidae |
| Genus: | Dichelia |
| Species: | D. histrionana
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| Binomial name | |
| Dichelia histrionana | |
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Dichelia histrionana is a species of moth of the family Tortricidae. It is found from Fennoscandia to Belgium, Italy and Greece and from the Netherlands to Poland and Romania.
The wingspan is 17–22 mm.[2] Adults are on wing from the end of May to late August.
The larvae feed on Picea and Abies species.[3] The species overwinters as a young larva in a mined needle.[4] Larvae can be found from August to June of the following year.