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Anarsia spartiella

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Wikipedia Abstract

Anarsia spartiella, the Wanstead grey, is a moth of the Tortricidae family. It is found in most of Europe. The wingspan is 12–15 mm. Adults are on wing from June to August. The larvae feed on Ulex and Cytisus species, as well as Genista tinctoria. They spin the shoots of their host plant and feed within.
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Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Carmarthen Bay and Estuaries/ Bae Caerfyrddin ac Aberoedd 163340 Wales, United Kingdom
Corsydd Môn/ Anglesey Fens 1154 Wales, United Kingdom  
Crymlyn Bog/ Cors Crymlyn 740 Wales, United Kingdom
Luce Bay and Sands 120487 Scotland, United Kingdom
Severn Estuary/ Môr Hafren 182155 England/Wales, United Kingdom

Prey / Diet

Cytisus nigricans nigricans (Black Broom)[1]
Cytisus scoparius (Broomtops)[2]
Ulex europaeus (common gorse)[2]
Wiborgiella humilis (Dyer's greenweed)[2]

Prey / Diet Overlap

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Jorrit H. Poelen, James D. Simons and Chris J. Mungall. (2014). Global Biotic Interactions: An open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics.
♦ 2Biological Records Centre Database of Insects and their Food Plants
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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