''Clepsis rurinana'' is a moth of the family Tortricidae. It is found in most of Europe, with the exception of Ukraine and part of the

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, east to 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 ...

and the eastern part of the Palearctic realm. It is also present in the

Indomalayan realm The Indomalayan realm is one of the eight biogeographic realms. It extends across most of South and Southeast Asia and into the southern parts of East Asia. Also called the Oriental realm by biogeographers, Indomalaya spreads all over the Indi ...

. The wingspan is 17–20 mm. The forewings with a hardly sinuate, nearly vertical termen. The costal fold extends from the base to before middle. The ground colour is pale ochreous, somewhat brownish-strigulated. The basal patch is brownish dorsally and the central fascia ochreous-brown, it's anterior edge nearly straight. The costal patch is ochreous-brown, emitting a straight stria. The hindwings are whitish, apex ochreous-tinged, dorsal half light grey. The larva is grey-green; head and plate of 2 brown.Meyrick, E., 1895 ''A Handbook of British Lepidoptera'' MacMillan, Londo
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Keys and description Adults are on wing from early June to late August in one generation in western Europe. The moths are active in afternoon and evening. The larvae feed on a wide range of plants, including of '' Urtica'', ''

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'', '' Convolvulus'', '' Euphorbia'', ''

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Aconitum ''Aconitum'' (), also known as aconite, monkshood, wolf's-bane, leopard's bane, mousebane, women's bane, devil's helmet, queen of poisons, or blue rocket, is a genus of over 250 species of flowering plants belonging to the family Ranunculaceae. ...

'', '' Lilium'', '' Anthriscus'', ''

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'', '' Rosa'', ''

Lonicera xylosteum ''Lonicera xylosteum'', commonly known as fly honeysuckle, European fly honeysuckle, dwarf honeysuckle or fly woodbine is a deciduous shrub. The glossy red (or occasionally yellow) berries of this shrub are mildly poisonous to humans –& ...

'', '' Acer'' and '' Quercus''. They live in spun leaves. File: Clepsis rurinana1.jpg, Mounted specimen File: Clepsis_rurinana.jpg, Mounted specimen

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Fauna Europaea

Clepsis Moths described in 1758 Moths of Asia Moths of Europe Moths of Japan Taxa named by Carl Linnaeus {{Clepsis-stub