''Falseuncaria degreyana'', the Breckland conch, is a species of

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of the family Tortricidae. It is found in

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(Xinjiang),

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and most of

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. The habitat consists of meadows, rural areas, waysides, heathlands, moorlands and farmland. The

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is 13–15 mm.The forewings are fairly narrow and silvery white. There is a straight sloping ferruginous median fascia mixed with dark fuscous, the costal end faint and greyish. The termen is slightly darker than the rest of the wing. The hindwings are grey-brown, the termen quite pointed.It is very similar to ''

Falseuncaria ruficiliana ''Falseuncaria ruficiliana'', the red-fringed conch, is a species of moth of the family Tortricidae. It is found in China (Xinjiang) and most of Europe. The habitat consists of limestone, heathland and moorland. The wingspan is 13–15 mm. ...

''. There are two generations per year, with adults on wing in May and again from mid-June to September. The larvae feed on the flowers of '' Plantago'', ''

Linaria ''Linaria'' is a genus of almost 200 species of flowering plants, one of several related groups commonly called toadflax. They are annuals and herbaceous perennials, and the largest genus in the Antirrhineae tribe of the plantain family Planta ...

'' and '' Antirrhinum'' species. The species overwinters as a cocoon.Hants moths
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References

Moths described in 1869 Cochylini {{Cochylini-stub