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Aristotelia ericinella

Synonyms: Aristotelia micella; Ergatis ericinella; Gelechia ericinella (homotypic); Oecophora ericinella

Wikipedia Abstract

Aristotelia ericinella is a moth of the Gelechiidae family. It is found in most of Europe, except most of the Balkan Peninsula. The wingspan is 9–13 mm. Adults are on wing from July to August. The larvae feed on Calluna species and Empetrum nigrum. They feed from a silken tube which is formed among the leaves. Larvae can be found from September to June.
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Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Fenn`s, Whixall, Bettisfield, Wem and Cadney Mosses 2346 England/Wales, United Kingdom  
Gower Commons/ Tiroedd Comin Gwyr 4390 Wales, United Kingdom
The New Forest 72309 England, United Kingdom

Prey / Diet

Calluna vulgaris (heather)[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