''Aphelia unitana'' is a moth of the family Tortricidae. It is found from Ireland and Great Britain, east

Fennoscandia __NOTOC__ Fennoscandia (Finnish language, Finnish, Swedish language, Swedish and no, Fennoskandia, nocat=1; russian: Фенноскандия, Fennoskandiya) or the Fennoscandian Peninsula is the geographical peninsula in Europe, which includes ...

and central and south-eastern Europe to the Russian Far East and the

Near East The ''Near East''; he, המזרח הקרוב; arc, ܕܢܚܐ ܩܪܒ; fa, خاور نزدیک, Xāvar-e nazdik; tr, Yakın Doğu is a geographical term which roughly encompasses a transcontinental region in Western Asia, that was once the hist ...

. The wingspan is 17–24 mm. The body is dark, the forewing is silky grey, often with darker outer margin. All wings have white fringes. The hindwings are grey, slightly darkened behind the wing tip. It is very similar to ''

Aphelia paleana ''Aphelia paleana'', the timothy tortrix '', '' is a moth of the family Tortricidae. It is found in Europe, and across the Palearctic to China (Heilongjiang, Beijing) and the Russian Far East. The wingspan is 18–22 mm. The head and thorax ...

''. Adults are on wing from June to July. The larvae feed on various low-growing plants, including '' Heracleum'' and '' Rubus'' species. They feed between spun leaves.

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Aphelia (moth) Tortricidae of Europe Moths of Asia Moths described in 1799 {{Archipini-stub