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Cosmardia moritzella

Synonyms: Gelechia hilarella; Lita moritzella; Lita roseella; Oecophora moritzella (homotypic); Tinea morizella

Wikipedia Abstract

Cosmardia moritzella is a moth of the Gelechiidae family. It is found in Portugal, France, Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Italy, Poland, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Belarus, Hungary, Romania, Greece, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Finland, Norway, Ukraine and Russia (Ural Mountains, Altai Mountains and south-western Siberia). The wingspan is 13–14 mm. The larvae feed on Silene latifolia and Silene dioica.
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Prey / Diet

Silene dioica (red catchfly)[1]

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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
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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