Clepsis laetitiae

Clepsis laetitiae is a species of moth of the family Tortricidae. It is found in Spain.[2]

Clepsis laetitiae
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Tortricidae
Genus: Clepsis
Species:
C. laetitiae
Binomial name
Clepsis laetitiae
Soria, 1997[1]

The wingspan is 19–22 mm. Adults have been recorded on wing from April to May.

The larvae feed on Vella pseudocitysus sub. pseudocitysus.

Etymology

The species is named for Leticia Soria Ruiz-Ogarrio.[3]

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gollark: Well, "occult" and "free energy" are worrying keywords.
gollark: I may just read strange fiction, but it seems to be stranger than reality in many ways. Strangeness is relative, I suppose.
gollark: No, I mean it doesn't help with making it sound sane.
gollark: The second one is on "occult ether physics", which doesn't *help*.

References
  1. tortricidae.com
  2. Fauna Europaea
  3. SORIA, S. (1997): Clepsis laetitiae sp. n., una nueva especie del género Clepsis, GUENÉE, 1845 (Lep. Tortricidae) en Aranjuez (España). — Boletín de Sanidad Vegetal Plagas 23 (1): 63-71


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