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Salebriopsis albicilla

Salebriopsis
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Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pyralidae
Tribe: Phycitini
Genus: Salebriopsis
Hannemann, 1965
Species: S. albicilla
Binomial name
Salebriopsis albicilla
(Herrich-Schaffer, 1849)
Synonyms

Genus:

  • Postsalebria Hannemann, 1964
  • Turdoempista Roesler, 1967

Species:

  • Nephopterix albicilla Herrich-Schäffer, 1849

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Salebriopsis is a genus of snout moths. It was described by Hannemann in 1965. It contains only one species Salebriopsis albicilla, which is found in most of Europe, except Ireland, Portugal, most of the Balkan Peninsula and Ukraine.

The wingspan is 19–21 mm. Adults are on wing from May to July in one generation per year.

The larvae feed on Salix species, Tilia cordata,Corylus and Alnus glutinosa. They feed between rolled leaves of their host plant.



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