''Aethes mauritanica'' is a species of
moth of the family
Tortricidae. It was described by
Walsingham
Walsingham () is a civil parish in North Norfolk, England, famous for its religious shrines in honour of Mary, mother of Jesus. It also contains the ruins of two medieval Christian monasticism, monastic houses.Ordnance Survey (2002). ''OS Exp ...
in 1898. It is found on
Sardinia and
Cyprus and in
Spain,
Germany,
Italy,
Bulgaria,
Greece,
Morocco,
Libya and
Turkey.
The
wingspan is . The forewings are pale
primrose (yellow) with a chestnut streak and two chestnut fasciae sprinkled with silvery scales. The hindwings are tawny brownish grey.
lepiforum.de
/ref> Adults are on wing from April to July.
The larvae feed on ''Elaeoselinum meoides
''Thapsia'', commonly known as the deadly carrots, is a small genus of poisonous plants in the family Apiaceae. Their center of diversity is around the western Mediterranean, extending into the Atlantic coasts of Portugal and Morocco. Som ...
''.
References
mauritanica
Moths described in 1898
Moths of Europe
Moths of Africa
Moths of Asia
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