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Pima boisduvaliella

Synonyms: Epischnia boisduvaliella (homotypic); Pima farrella; Pima lafauryella; Pima leucoloma; Pima tabulella

Wikipedia Abstract

Pima boisduvaliella is a species of snout moth. It is found in most of Europe (except Ireland, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Ukraine and most of the Balkan Peninsula), Asia, including Mongolia and Kazakhstan and northern North America, including Alberta. The wingspan is 22–26 mm. Adults are on wing from June to August. The larvae feed on Anthyllis, Lotus, (including Lotus corniculatus), Ononis, Astragalus and Lathyrus maritimus. They feed inside the pods of their host plants.
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Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
The Wash and North Norfolk Coast 266284 England, United Kingdom

Prey / Diet

Anthyllis vulneraria (common kidney-vetch)[1]
Lathyrus japonicus (Sea Pea)[1]
Lotus corniculatus (birdfoot deervetch)[1]
Ononis spinosa (spiny restharrow)[1]

Prey / Diet Overlap

External References

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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