Aethes tesserana

Aethes tesserana
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Clade:Euarthropoda
Class:Insecta
Order:Lepidoptera
Family:Tortricidae
Genus:Aethes
Species: A. tesserana
Binomial name
Aethes tesserana
([Denis & Schiffermuller], 1775)[1]
Synonyms
  • Tortrix tesserana [Denis & Schiffermuller], 1775
  • Tinea alcella Fabricius, 1781
  • Phalaena aleella Schulze, 1776
  • Conchylis aleella ab. bicolorana Reutti, 1898
  • Tortrix groendaliana Thunberg & Becklin, 1791
  • Pyralis heiseana Fabricius, 1787
  • Pharmacis magister Walsingham, 1900
  • Tortrix tesselana Hubner, [1796-1799]
  • Phalaena tusserana Fabricius, 1787

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 Hierracium species.

Subspecies

  • Aethes tesserana tesserana
  • Aethes tesserana magister (Walsingham, 1900) (Asia Minor)

References

  1. ↑ Tortricidae.com
  2. ↑ "Aethes tesserana ([Denis & Schiffermuller], 1775)". 2.6. Fauna Europaea. 2013. Retrieved 9 June 2017.
  3. ↑ Alipanah, Helen, 2009: Synopsis of the Cochylini (Tortricidae: Tortricinae: Cochylini) of Iran, with the description of a new species. Zootaxa 2245: 1-31.
  4. ↑ UKmoths



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