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Cnephasia conspersana

Synonyms: Cnephasia alboconspersana; Cnephasia cretaceana; Cnephasia decolorana; Cnephasia perterana; Sciaphila perterana

Wikipedia Abstract

Cnephasia conspersana is a species of moth of the Tortricidae family. It is found in Ireland, Great Britain, France, Italy, Portugal, Spain and North Africa. The habitat consists of coastal chalk downlands and heathlands. The wingspan is 15–22 mm. Adults have been recorded on wing in July. There is generally one generation per year, although two have been reported from Ireland. The larvae feed on the flowers of Dryas octopetala, Chrysanthemum, Taraxacum, Teucrium, Hieracium, Hypochoeris, Leontodon and Helianthemumspecies. They spin the petals of the flowers together, and feed from within.
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Prey / Diet

Dryas octopetala (white dryas)[1]
Hypericum perforatum (common St Johnswort)[2]
Leucanthemum vulgare (oxeye daisy)[2]

Prey / Diet Overlap

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Attributes / relations provided by
1HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants Gaden S. Robinson, Phillip R. Ackery, Ian J. Kitching, George W. Beccaloni AND Luis M. Hernández
2Biological 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