Aethes francillana
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Tortricidae |
| Genus: | Aethes |
| Species: | A. francillana
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Aethes francillana, the long-barred yellow conch, is a moth of the family Tortricidae. It was described by Johan Christian Fabricius in 1794. It is found in almost all of Europe, from north-western Africa to Afghanistan and Dzungarian Alatau in Central Asia. It is also found in the Ural Mountains, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, western Siberia, Asia Minor and Iran.[3] The habitat consists of rough grassland, particularly chalk downland and coastal areas.
The wingspan is 13–18 millimetres (0.51–0.71 in).[4] The forewings are pale yellow. The costal edge is ferruginous on anterior half and there are two slender somewhat irregular dark ferruginous fasciae parallel to the termen - the first before middle, often narrowly interrupted near costa, the second subterminal. The hindwings are pale grey. The larva is yellow - whitish; head black; plate of 2 brownish - tinged.[5] Julius von Kennel provides a full description.[6]
Adults are on wing from late June to early September.[7]
The larvae feed on the seeds of Eryngium campestre, Daucus, Pastinaca, Peucedanum, Angelica sylvestris, , Crithmum maritimum, and Ferula communis. They live between the flowers of their host plant, spinning the heads together with silk.[8]
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- ^ Tortricidae.com
- ^ "Aethes francillana (Fabricius, 1794)". 2.6.2. Fauna Europaea. 29 August 2013. Retrieved 6 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.
- ^ Microlepidoptera.nl Archived December 3, 2013, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Meyrick, E., 1895 A Handbook of British Lepidoptera MacMillan, London pdf
This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain. Keys and description
- ^ Julius von Kennel, 1921, The Palaearktischen Tortriciden, eine monographische Darstellung. Stuttgart: E. Schweizerbart'sche Verlagsbuchhandlung. 742 pp. - Palaearctic Tortricidae, a monograph.pdf at Zobodat 234-235
- ^ UKMoths
- ^ "Hants Moths - 49.124 0950 Aethes francillana". www.hantsmoths.org.uk. Retrieved 2021-05-14.
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