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Aethes floccosana

species of insect

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
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Source revisionJun 3, 2022
Entity authorityQ13231551 ↗
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Aethes floccosana is a species of moth of the family Tortricidae. It was described by Francis Walker in 1863. It is found in the United States, where it has been recorded from Illinois, Kentucky, Missouri, New Jersey, North Carolina, Ohio and Tennessee.

The wingspan is 16–17 millimetres (0.63–0.67 in). Adults have been recorded on wing from May to July.

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This entry incorporates text from “Aethes floccosana” 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.