Falseuncaria degreyana
| Breckland conch | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Tortricidae |
| Genus: | Falseuncaria |
| Species: | F. degreyana
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| Falseuncaria degreyana | |
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Falseuncaria degreyana, the Breckland conch, is a species of moth of the family Tortricidae. It is found in China (Xinjiang), Mongolia, Russia and most of Europe.[2] The habitat consists of meadows, rural areas, waysides, heathlands, moorlands and farmland.
The wingspan 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.
There are two generations per year, with adults on wing in May and again from mid-June to September.[3]
The larvae feed on the flowers of Plantago, Linaria and Antirrhinum species.[4] The species overwinters as a cocoon.[5]
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