Aethes dilucidana

Aethes dilucidana
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Tortricidae
Genus: Aethes
Species: A. dilucidana
Binomial name
Aethes dilucidana
(Stephens, 1852)[1]
Synonyms
  • Lozopera dilucidana Stephens, 1852

Aethes dilucidana, the short-barred yellow conch, is a species of moth of the family Tortricidae. It is found in most of Europe,[2] Algeria,[3] southern Siberia, Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, Kyrgyzstan and Iran.[4]

The wingspan is 14–15 mm. Adults are on wing from June to July.[5]

The larvae feed on Peucedanum sativum, Pastinaca sativa and Heracleum sphondylium. Larvae can be found from August to April.

Subspecies

References

  1. tortricidae.com
  2. Fauna Europaea
  3. Aethes at funet
  4. Trematerra, P., 2010: Clepsis trifasciata sp. n. with notes on some Lepidoptera Tortricidae from Kirgizstan. Journal of Entomological and Acarological Research Serie II 42 (1): 1-10. Abstract and full article:
  5. lepidoptera.eu
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