Aethes flagellana

Aethes flagellana is a species of moth of the family Tortricidae. It is found on Corsica, Sardinia, Sicily and Crete and in the Netherlands, France, Spain, Italy, Germany, Austria, Switzerland, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Slovenia, Poland, Albania, Hungary, Bulgaria, Romania, North Macedonia, Greece, Lithuania, Ukraine, Russia[2] and Asia Minor, Lebanon, Iran and the Kopet Dagh mountains.[3]

Aethes flagellana
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Tortricidae
Genus: Aethes
Species:
A. flagellana
Binomial name
Aethes flagellana
(Duponchel, in Godart, 1836)[1]
Synonyms
  • Argyrolepia flagellana Duponchel, in Godart, 1836
  • Aethes eryngiella Vallot, 1829
  • Lozopera flagellana sardoa Amsel, in Hartig & Amsel, 1952

The wingspan is 15–19 millimetres (0.59–0.75 in). Adults are on wing in March and from June to July.

The larvae feed on Eryngium campestre. Larvae can be found from August to May.

Subspecies
  • Aethes flagellana flagellana
  • Aethes flagellana atlasi Razowski, 1962
  • Aethes flagellana sardoa (Amsel, in Hartig & Amsel, 1952) (Sardinia)

References
  1. Tortricidae.com
  2. "Aethes flagellana (Duponchel, in Godart, 1836)". 2.6. Fauna Europaea. 2013. Retrieved 10 June 2017.
  3. Aethes at funet


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