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Selania leplastriana (Leplastrier’s Piercer)

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Wikipedia Abstract

Selania leplastriana, the Leplastrier's piercer, is a moth of the Tortricidae family. It is found in most of southern Europe except the Balkan Peninsula. It is also found in the Near East and North Africa. The wingspan is about 13 mm. Adults are on wing in July. They are day flyers. The larvae feed in the stems of Brassica oleracea, where the only sign of their presence is a small amount of frass ejected from the feeding area.
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Infraspecies

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Lyme Bay and Torbay 77215 England, United Kingdom

Prey / Diet

Brassica oleracea (broccoli)[1]

Prey / Diet Overlap

Competing SpeciesCommon Prey Count
Anaplectoides prasina (green arches)1
Delia platura (seedcorn maggot)1
Mamestra brassicae (Cabbage Moth)1
Peridroma saucia (variegated cutworm)1
Xanthorhoe fluctuata (Garden Carpet Moth)1

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