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Aphelia unitana

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Wikipedia Abstract

Aphelia unitana is a moth of the Tortricidae family. It is found from Ireland and Great Britain, east Fennoscandia and central and south-eastern Europe to Russia and the Near East. The wingspan is 17–24 mm. Adults are on wing from June to July. The larvae feed on various low-growing plants, including Heracleum and Rubus species. They feed between spun leaves.
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Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Berwickshire and North Northumberland Coast 160731 England/Scotland, United Kingdom  
Coedwigoedd Penrhyn Creuddyn/ Creuddyn Peninsula Woods 294 Wales, United Kingdom  
Exmoor Heaths 26455 England, United Kingdom
North Northumberland Dunes 2836 England, United Kingdom  
Peak District Dales 5748 England, United Kingdom

Prey / Diet

Alchemilla glabra (smooth lady's mantle)[1]
Centaurea nigra (Lesser Knapweed)[1]
Teucrium scorodonia (woodland germander)[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