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Clepsis unicolorana

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Tortricidae

Rank
  
Species

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Genus
  
Clepsis

Clepsis unicolorana

Similar
  
Clepsis neglectana, Clepsis rogana, Clepsis pallidana, Clepsis rurinana, Clepsis dumicolana

Clepsis unicolorana is a moth of the Tortricidae family. It was described by Duponchel in 1835. It is found in France, Spain, Switzerland and Italy.

The wingspan is 20–24 mm.

The larvae feed on Asphodelus aestivus. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine is full-depth. The mined leaves are bound together with silk. Pupation takes place within the mine. Larvae can be found in March.

References

Clepsis unicolorana Wikipedia