Argyroploce noricana is a moth of the family Tortricidae. It was described by Gottlieb August Wilhelm Herrich-Schäffer in 1851. It is found from Scandinavia and northern Russia south to Italy and from France east to Bulgaria and Romania.[2]

Argyroploce noricana
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Tortricidae
Genus: Argyroploce
Species:
A. noricana
Binomial name
Argyroploce noricana
Synonyms
  • Tortrix (Paedisca) noricana Herrich-Schäffer, 1851
  • Olethreutes noricanus
  • Argyroploce noricanus
  • Argyroploce noricana var. dovreana Barca, 1922
  • Tortrix (Paedisca) noricana Herrich-Schäffer, 1848

The wingspan is 14–16 mm. Adults are on wing from June to August.

The larvae feed on Dryas octopetala.[3]

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