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Meadow shade

Cnephasia pasiuana (Hübner, [1796-1799])

Status not recordedbutterflies and moths

The meadow shade (Cnephasia pasiuana) is a species in the family Tortricidae, order Lepidoptera.

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Quick facts about the meadow shade

Weight
Not recorded
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does the meadow shade live?

Not recorded

Where has it been introduced?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the meadow shade as introduced in 1 country.

  1. Austria

Introduced means brought by people and now present; invasive means the country's checklist records an impact. A species can be native to one part of a country and introduced in another. Source: Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species (CC BY 4.0).

Is the meadow shade endangered?

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

How is the meadow shade classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classInsecta
  4. orderLepidoptera
  5. familyTortricidae
  6. genusCnephasia
  7. SpeciesCnephasia pasiuana (Hübner, [1796-1799])

Synonyms Cnephasia algerana, Cnephasia bleszynskii, Cnephasia cleuana, Cnephasia crassifasciana, Cnephasia hagiosana, Cnephasia linophagana, Cnephasia obscurana, Cnephasia obsoletana, Cnephasia obsoletana var. algerana, Cnephasia obsoletana var. cleuana, Cnephasia obsoletana var. pseudotypica, Cnephasia ontia, Cnephasia pascuana, Cnephasia pasiunana, Cnephasia pasivana, Cnephasia pasivana f. linophagana, Cnephasia pasivana f. pyrophagana, Cnephasia passivana, Cnephasia pseudotypica, Cnephasia pumicana, Cnephasia punicana hagiosana, Cnephasia pyrophagana, Olethreutes pascuana, Sciaphila pasiuana, Sciaphila pasivana, Sciaphila pumicana, Sciaphila wahlbomiana var. obscurana, Tortrix pasiuana

Other names and names in other languages (8)
  • ketoharmokääriäinenFinnish
  • bakkegråviklerNorwegian Bokmål
  • MoerasspikkelbladrollerDutch
  • bakkegråviklarNorwegian Nynorsk
  • obaľovač poľnýSlovak
  • stäppgråvecklareSwedish
  • MoerrasspikkelbladrollerDutch
  • steppgråvecklareSwedish

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the meadow shade

Other species in the same genus Cnephasia.

Gray tortrix

Cnephasia stephensiana

TortricidaeNo free photo yet

May shade

Cnephasia communana

TortricidaeNo free photo yet

Flax tortrix

Cnephasia asseclana

TortricidaeNo free photo yet

Coast shade

Cnephasia conspersana

TortricidaeNo free photo yet

Dover shade

Cnephasia genitalana

TortricidaeNo free photo yet

CompareMeadow shade vs Light grey shadeMeadow shade vs Gray tortrixMeadow shade vs May shadeMeadow shade vs Flax tortrix

Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Is the meadow shade an invasive species?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the meadow shade as introduced in 1 country: Austria, but does not flag it as invasive in any of them.

What kind of animal is the meadow shade?

The meadow shade (Cnephasia pasiuana) belongs to the family Tortricidae in the order Lepidoptera.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-14. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Meadow shade (Cnephasia pasiuana). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/meadow-shade

MLA

“Meadow shade (Cnephasia pasiuana).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/meadow-shade.

BibTeX
@misc{meadow_shade_2026,
  title = {Meadow shade (Cnephasia pasiuana)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/meadow-shade},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}