Aethes mauritanica

Aethes mauritanica
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Tortricidae
Genus: Aethes
Species: A. mauritanica
Binomial name
Aethes mauritanica
(Walsingham, 1898)[1]
Synonyms
  • Lozopera mauritanica Walsingham, 1898
  • Lozopera albella Amsel, in Hartig & Amsel, 1952
  • Lozopera cornelia Turati, 1924

Aethes mauritanica is a species of moth of the family Tortricidae. It is found on Sardinia and Cyprus and in Spain, Germany, Italy, Bulgaria, Greece,[2] Morocco, Libya and Turkey.[3]

The wingspan is 9–17 mm. The forewings are pale primrose (yellow) with a chestnut streak and two chestnut fasciae sprinkled with silvery scales. The hindwings are tawny brownish grey.[4] Adults are on wing from April to July.

The larvae feed on Plaeoselinum meoides.[5]

References

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