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Exaeretia allisella

Wikipedia Abstract

Exaeretia allisella is a moth of the Depressariidae family. It is found in most of northern and central Europe, Siberia, the Russian Far East, Mongolia and northern and central China. The wingspan is 20–23 mm. Adults are on wing from July to August. The larvae feed on Artemisia vulgaris. They first feed in the rootstock, but later in the young stems.
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Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Dorset Heaths 14161 England, United Kingdom

Prey / Diet

Vernonanthura cuneifolia (Mugwort)[1]

Prey / Diet Overlap

Competing SpeciesCommon Prey Count
Biston betularia (peppered moth)1
Loxostege sticticalis1
Orthosia opima (Northern Drab)1
Platycheirus clypeatus1
Syrphus ribesii (Summer Fly)1

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
1Biological Records Centre Database of Insects and their Food Plants
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
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