Selania capparidana
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Selania capparidana is a moth of the family Tortricidae. It was described by Philipp Christoph Zeller in 1847 and is found in Europe.
Description[edit]
The wingspan is 9–10 mm.
The larvae feed on the caper bush (Capparis spinosa), mining the leaves of their host plant.[2] The mine has the form of a full-depth corridor, which later becomes more blotch-like. A single larva makes several mines.[3] Larvae of the summer generation feed in the shoots, buds and fruits of their host plant.[citation needed] Pupation takes place outside of the mine.[3]
Distribution[edit]
The moth is found in the Balearic Islands, Spain, Sardinia, Italy and Greece.[4]
References[edit]
- ^ "SELANIA". Tortricid.net. Retrieved 8 April 2021.
- ^ "Note On a Leaf-Mining Tortricid" (PDF). TORTS. Newsletter of the Troop of Reputed Tortricid Systematists. Vol. 13, no. 2. 28 June 2012. p. 1. Retrieved 8 April 2021.
- ^ a b Ellis, W N. "Selania capparidana (Zeller, 1847)". Plant Parasites of Europe. Retrieved 8 April 2021.
- ^ "Selania capparidana (Zeller, 1847)". Fauna Europaea. Retrieved 8 April 2021.
- "Selania capparidana (Zeller, 1847)". Insecta.pro. Retrieved 8 April 2020.
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