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Aethes rubiginana

species of insect

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
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Source revisionApr 30, 2024
Entity authorityQ13231651 ↗
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Aethes rubiginana is a species of moth of the family Tortricidae. It was described by Walsingham in 1903. It is found in on Sicily and in Gibraltar, Italy, Morocco and Algeria.

The wingspan is 14–15 millimetres (0.55–0.59 in). The forewings are shining silvery white on the apical third and suffused with rust brown in the remaining area. The hindwings are pale grey. Adults are on wing from April to May.

The larvae feed on Ferula communis and Thapsia species.

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Begin with the source’s own compact description: “Aethes rubiginana” is species of insect. The dossier treats that line as a proposition to test through Aethes, rubiginana and species, not as a finished interpretation.

Editorial reviewA practical orientation to terminology and classification, particularly when read beside dated observations, specimens or technical literature. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1903—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. For this dossier, Aethes, rubiginana and species is the immediate research focus.
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This entry incorporates text from “Aethes rubiginana” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.