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Haplotinea ditella

Synonyms: Tinea ditella (homotypic)

Wikipedia Abstract

Haplotinea ditella is a moth of the Tineidae family. It was described by Pierce & Metcalfe in 1938. It is found in most of Europe, except Ireland, France, Switzerland, the Iberian Peninsula and the western and southern part of the Balkan Peninsula. The wingspan is 11–18 mm. Adults have been recorded on wing from May to September. The larvae feed on stored vegetable products, grain, rice and groundnuts.
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Prey / Diet

Arachis hypogaea (Earthnut)[1]
Oryza sativa (rice)[1]

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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