Aethes tesserana
Appearance
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Tortricidae |
Genus: | Aethes |
Species: | A. tesserana
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Binomial name | |
Aethes tesserana ([Denis & Schiffermuller], 1775)[1]
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Aethes tesserana is a moth of the family Tortricidae. It is found in most of Europe, the Near East[2] and northern Iran.[3]
The wingspan is 12–18 millimetres (0.47–0.71 in). Adults are on wing from May to August.[4]
The larvae feed on the roots of Picris and Hieracium species.
Subspecies
[edit]- Aethes tesserana tesserana
- Aethes tesserana magister (Walsingham, 1900) (Asia Minor)
References
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- ^ Tortricidae.com
- ^ "Aethes tesserana ([Denis & Schiffermuller], 1775)". 2.6. Fauna Europaea. 2013. Retrieved 9 June 2017.
- ^ Alipanah, Helen, 2009: Synopsis of the Cochylini (Tortricidae: Tortricinae: Cochylini) of Iran, with the description of a new species. Zootaxa 2245: 1-31.
- ^ UKmoths