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Anchinia cristalis

Synonyms: Anchinia cneorella; Anchinia hepaticella; Anchinia verrucella; Phalaena cristalis (homotypic)

Wikipedia Abstract

Anchinia cristalis is a species of moth of the Depressariidae family. It is found in most of Europe (except most of the Balkan Peninsula, Portugal, Great Britain, Ireland, the Netherlands, Norway, Finland and Ukraine) east to the eastern parts of the Palearctic ecozone. The wingspan is 14–19 mm. Adults are on wing from late May to early July. The larvae live between spun leaves of Thymelaea passerina, Daphne mezereum and Daphne laureola.
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Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Kemeru nacionalais parks 94308 Latvia  
Krustkalnu dabas rezervats 7317 Latvia  

Prey / Diet

Daphne mezereum (paradise plant)[1]

Prey / Diet Overlap

Competing SpeciesCommon Prey Count
Anchinia daphnella1

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
1HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants Gaden S. Robinson, Phillip R. Ackery, Ian J. Kitching, George W. Beccaloni AND Luis M. Hernández
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0