Aethes rutilana, the pale juniper webworm, is a moth of the family Tortricidae. It was described by Jacob Hübner in 1817. It is found in the whole of Europe[2] and North America.[3]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Tortricidae |
| Genus: | Aethes |
| Species: | A. rutilana
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| Aethes rutilana | |
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The wingspan is 10–13 millimetres (0.39–0.51 in).
The larvae feed on Juniperus communis.
Subspecies
edit- Aethes rutilana rutilana
- Aethes rutilana canadiana (Razowski, 1997)
- Aethes rutilana tatricana (Adamczewski, 1936)
References
edit- ^ Tortricid.net
- ^ "Aethes rutilana (Hübner, 1817)". Fauna Europaea. 2.6.2. 29 August 2013. Retrieved 5 June 2017.
- ^ Savela, Markku. "Aethes rutilana (Hübner, [1817])". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved August 10, 2019.
External links
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- Lepiforum e.V.
- Aethes rutilana at Waarneming.nl (in Dutch)