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Selania leplastriana, the Leplastrier's piercer, is a moth of the family Tortricidae. It is found in most of southern Europe except the Balkan Peninsula. It is also found in the Near East and North Africa.

Selania leplastriana
Illustration from John Curtis's British Entomology Volume 6
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Division:	Ditrysia
Section:	Cossina
Family:	Tortricidae
Genus:	Selania
Species:	S. leplastriana
Binomial name
Selania leplastriana (Curtis, 1831)
Synonyms
Carpocapsa leplastriana Curtis, 1831 Stigmonota cariosana Barrett, 1873 Grapholitha decoratana Chrtien, 1915 Grapholitha extinctana Chrtien, 1915 Ephippiphora gueriniana Duponchel, in Godart, 1836 Ephippiphora maderae Wollaston, 1858 Eucelis malcolmiae Walsingham, 1903 Grapholitha vana Kennel, 1901

The wingspan is about 13 mm. Adults are on wing in July. They are day flyers.

The larvae feed in the stems of Brassica oleracea, where the only sign of their presence is a small amount of frass ejected from the feeding area.

External links

• UKMoths
• Fauna Europaea

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