Selania capparidana is a moth of the family Tortricidae. It was described by Philipp Christoph Zeller in 1847 and is found in Europe.
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Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Tortricidae |
Genus: | Selania |
Species: | S. capparidana |
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Selania capparidana (Zeller, 1847)[1] | |
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The wingspan is 9–10 mm.
The larvae feed on the caper bush (Capparis spinosa), mining the leaves of their host plant.[2] The mine has the form of a full-depth corridor, which later becomes more blotch-like. A single larva makes several mines.[3] Larvae of the summer generation feed in the shoots, buds and fruits of their host plant.[citation needed] Pupation takes place outside of the mine.[3]
The moth is found in the Balearic Islands, Spain, Sardinia, Italy and Greece.[4]
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