Acleris bergmanniana

Yellow rose button moth
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Tortricidae
Genus:	Acleris
Species:	A. bergmanniana
Binomial name
Acleris bergmanniana (Linnaeus, 1758)
Synonyms
Phalaena (Tortrix) bergmannianaLinnaeus, 1758 Argyrotoxa bergmanniana f. luteanaSheldon, 1934 Tortrix rosanaHubner, [1796-1799]

Acleris bergmanniana, the yellow rose button moth, is a moth of the family Tortricidae. It is found from most of Europe to the eastern Palearctic realm. ^[1]

The wingspan is 12–15 mm. ^[2] The forewings which have a yellow ground colour are marked with three metallic blue-grey narrow transverse bands, edged with rufous.The forewing has pronounced, acute-angled wing tips.In the middle of the wing there is a round small black spot that is a tuft of erect, dark scales.There are also two small raised tufts of black scales. ^{[3] [4] [5]}

Adults are on wing from June to July. ^[6]

The larvae feed on the leaves and shoots of rose Rosa species ( Rosa canina ), as well as Rhamnus cathartica .

References

1. Fauna Europaea
2. microlepidoptera.nl Archived July 1, 2014, at the Wayback Machine
3. Meyrick, E., 1895 A Handbook of British Lepidoptera MacMillan, London pdf This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain . Keys and description
4. Julius von Kennel. 1921, The Palaearktischen Tortriciden, eine monographische Darstellung. Stuttgart: E. Schweizerbart'sche Verlagsbuchhandlung. 742 pp. - Palaearctic Tortricidae, a monograph.pdf at Zobodat 172 This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .
5. Bradley, J.D.; Tremewan, W.G.; Smith, A. 1973 British Tortricoid Moths [Vols 1+2] (Vol.1 Tortricinae Vol.2 Olethreutinae) Ray Society 1973-1979, London.
6. UK Moths

External links

• Lepiforum.de