''Aethes languidana'' is a species of
moth of the family
Tortricidae. It was described by
Josef Johann Mann
Josef Johann Mann (19 May 1804 – 20 March 1889), or Johann Josef Ritter von Mann, was a German Bohemian entomologist and a specialist in Lepidoptera.
Mann was born in Jablonné v Podještědí, Bohemia (present-day Czech Republic). He was ...
in 1855. It is found in
France,
Spain,
Portugal and
Italy and on
Corsica
Corsica ( , Upper , Southern ; it, Corsica; ; french: Corse ; lij, Còrsega; sc, Còssiga) is an island in the Mediterranean Sea and one of the 18 regions of France. It is the fourth-largest island in the Mediterranean and lies southeast of ...
and
Sardinia.
The
wingspan is . Adults are on wing in March and from May to July.
The larvae feed on ''
Helichrysum'' (including ''
Helichrysum arenarium'') and ''
Phagnalon
''Phagnalon'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae native to Europe, Asia, and North Africa
North Africa, or Northern Africa is a region encompassing the northern portion of the African continent. There is no singularly ac ...
'' species.
References
languidana
Moths described in 1855
Moths of Europe
Taxa named by Josef Johann Mann
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