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Aethes margaritana

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Wikipedia Abstract

Aethes margaritana, the silver coast conch, is a moth of the family Tortricidae. It was described by Haworth in 1811. It is found in most of Europe. The habitat consists of downland, waste ground and shingle beaches. The wingspan is 12–16 mm. Adults have a silky-white groundcolour with yellow-ochreous transverse markings. They are on wing from May to June and again from July to August in two generations per year.
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Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Dungeness 7966 England, United Kingdom
Sandwich Bay 2812 England, United Kingdom

Prey / Diet

Leucanthemum vulgare (oxeye daisy)[1]
Matricaria chamomilla (German chamomile)[1]

Prey / Diet Overlap

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