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Phycita roborella

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Wikipedia Abstract

Phycita roborella is a moth of the family Pyralidae. It is – under its junior synonym Tinea spissicella – the type species of its genus Phycita, and by extension of the subfamily Phycitinae. It is found in Europe. The wingspan is 24–29 mm. The moth flies in one generation from the end of June to September . The caterpillars feed on oak, apple and pear.
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Prey / Diet

Malus sylvestris (Crab Apple)[1]
Pyrus communis (common pear)[1]
Quercus petraea (Sessile Oak)[2]
Quercus pubescens (Downy Oak)[1]
Quercus robur (Pedunculate Oak)[2]

Prey / Diet Overlap

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Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Biological Records Centre Database of Insects and their Food Plants
♦ 2HOSTS - 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