Aethes dilucidana

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Aethes dilucidana
Scientific classification edit
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 was described by Stephens in 1852. It is found in most of Europe,[2] Algeria,[3] southern Siberia, Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, Kyrgyzstan and Iran.[4]

The wingspan is 14–15 millimetres (0.55–0.59 in). Adults are on wing from June to July.

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

Subspecies[]

  • Aethes dilucidana dilucidana
  • Aethes dilucidana eberti Sutter & Karisch, 2004 (Iran: Elburs Mountains)

References[]

  1. ^ Tortricidae.com
  2. ^ "Aethes dilucidana (Stephens, 1852)". 2.6.2. Fauna Europaea. 29 August 2013. Retrieved 7 June 2017.
  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.


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