Aethes mauritanica
| Aethes mauritanica | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Tortricidae |
| Genus: | Aethes |
| Species: | A. mauritanica |
| Binomial name | |
| Aethes mauritanica (Walsingham, 1898)[1] | |
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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]
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