Aethes cnicana (Thistle Conch)
Originator: Alf Tore Mjøs
Systematics :
Kingdom: Animalia (Animals)
Phylum: Arthropoda (Articulate animals)
Class: Insecta (Insects)
Order: Lepidoptera (Moths and butterflies)
Group: «Micro-heterocera» (Micro-moths)
Family: Tortricidae (Tortrix moths)
Subfamily: Tortricinae
Genus: Aethes
Species: Aethes cnicana (Thistle Conch)
Norwegian name: Tistelpraktvikler
Host plants: Carduus, Cirsium, Cirsium oleraceum