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Aethes mauritanica

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Aethes mauritanica
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Tortricidae
Genus:
Aethes
Species:
A. mauritanica
Binomial name
Aethes mauritanica
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 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

  1. ^ tortricidae.com
  2. ^ Fauna Europaea
  3. ^ Aethes at funet
  4. ^ lepiforum.de
  5. ^ lepidoptera.pl
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