''Aethes rubiginana'' 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 1903. It is found in on
Sicily and in
Gibraltar
)
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,
Italy,
Morocco and
Algeria.
The
wingspan is . The forewings are shining silvery white on the apical third and suffused with rust brown in the remaining area. The hindwings are pale grey.
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/ref> Adults are on wing from April to May.
The larvae feed on ''Ferula communis
''Ferula communis'', the giant fennel, is a species of flowering plant in the carrot family Apiaceae
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'' and ''Thapsia
''Thapsia'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Sheldoniinae of the family Urocyclidae. MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Thapsia E. von Martens, 1860. Accessed through: Wo ...
'' species.
References
rubiginana
Moths described in 1903
Moths of Europe
Moths of Africa
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