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Aethes margarotana is a species of moth of the family Tortricidae. It was described by Philogène Auguste Joseph Duponchel in 1836. It is found in most of Europe (except Ireland, the Benelux, Fennoscandia, Poland, the Baltic region, Switzerland and part of the Balkan Peninsula), Russia, North Africa and Iran.[3] The habitat consists of sand-dunes and shingle beaches.

Aethes margarotana
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Tortricidae
Genus:	Aethes
Species:	A. margarotana
Binomial name
Aethes margarotana (Duponchel, 1836)[1][2]
Synonyms
Argyrolepia margarotana Duponchel, in Godart, 1836 Euxanthis edrisitana Chretien, in Oberthur, 1922 Argyrolepia maritimana Guenee, 1845 Falseuncaria paralellana Razowski, 1961 Phalonia parallelana Kennel, 1913 Phalonia paronyma Meyrick, 1932 Aethes margarotana ab. posticialba Obraztsov, 1952 Conchylis margarotana f. stygiana Rebel, 1916 Coccyx scabidulana Lederer, 1855

The wingspan is 13–17 millimetres (0.51–0.67 in).

The larvae feed on the flowers of Eryngium maritimum.[4]

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