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Salebriopsis albicilla

Synonyms: Nephopterix albicilla (homotypic); Salebriopsis atricapitella; Salebriopsis leucacrinella

Wikipedia Abstract

Salebriopsis is a genus of snout moths. It was described by Hannemann in 1965. It contains only one species Salebriopsis albicilla, which is found in most of Europe, except Ireland, Portugal, most of the Balkan Peninsula and Ukraine. The wingspan is 19–21 mm. Adults are on wing from May to July in one generation per year. The larvae feed on Salix species, Tilia cordata, Corylus and Alnus glutinosa. They feed between rolled leaves of their host plant.
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Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Avon Gorge Woodlands 376 England, United Kingdom
North Somerset and Mendip Bats 1387 England, United Kingdom

Prey / Diet

Alnus glutinosa (European alder)[1]
Salix caprea (goat willow)[2]
Tilia cordata (littleleaf linden)[2]

Prey / Diet Overlap

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External References

Citations

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
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