Aethes margarotana
Aethes margarotana | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Tortricidae |
Genus: | Aethes |
Species: | A. margarotana |
Binomial name | |
Aethes margarotana (Duponchel, 1836)[1][2] | |
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Aethes margarotana is a species of moth of the Tortricidae family. It is found in most of Europe (except Ireland, the Benelux, Fennoscandia, Poland, the Baltic region, Switzerland and part of the Balkan Peninsula), Russia, North Africa and Iran.[3] The habitat consists of sand-dunes and shingle beaches.
The wingspan is 13–17 mm.
The larvae feed on the flowers of Eryngium maritimum.[4]
References
- ↑ Fauna Europaea
- ↑ tortricidae.com
- ↑ Alipanah, Helen, 2009: Synopsis of the Cochylini (Tortricidae: Tortricinae: Cochylini) of Iran, with the description of a new species. Zootaxa 2245: 1-31.
- ↑ Hants Moths