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Semioscopis avellanella

Synonyms: Epigraphia avellanella; Phalaena avellanella (homotypic); Semioscopis fumicella

Wikipedia Abstract

Semioscopis avellanella is a species of moth of the Depressariidae family. It is found in most of Europe (except most of the Balkan Peninsula, the Iberian Peninsula and Ireland) east to the eastern parts of the Palearctic ecozone. The wingspan is 20–26 mm. Adults are on wing from March to April. The larvae feed on Betula, Tilia (including Tilia cordata) and Carpinus species. They feed inside a folded or rolled leaf of their host plant. Pupation takes place in detritus. The species overwinters in the pupal stage.
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Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Fenn`s, Whixall, Bettisfield, Wem and Cadney Mosses 2346 England/Wales, United Kingdom  
Morecambe Bay 151985 England, United Kingdom
River Eden 6087 England, United Kingdom  
River Moriston 481 Scotland, United Kingdom
Roudsea Wood and Mosses 1163 England, United Kingdom

Prey / Diet

Betula pendula (European white birch)[1]
Carpinus betulus (European hornbeam)[2]
Tilia cordata (littleleaf linden)[2]

Prey / Diet Overlap

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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
2Biological 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