Acleris cristana

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Acleris cristana
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Tortricidae
Genus: Acleris
Species:
A. cristana
Binomial name
Acleris cristana
Synonyms

Acleris cristana, the rufous-margined button moth, is a moth of the family Tortricidae and is found from Europe through the Caucasus and Ussuri to Japan.

Illustration from John Curtis's British Entomology Volume 6 Britishentomologyvolume6Plate16.jpg
Illustration from John Curtis's British Entomology Volume 6

The wingspan is 18–22 mm. Adults are on wing from August to November and again from March to May after hibernation. It shows a wide variation in appearance and has 137 named forms as well as numerous synonyms. Forms look different but are the same species and can breed together. [1] Julius von Kennel provides a full description. [2]

The larvae feed between spun leaves on various rosaceous trees and bushes, including Prunus spinosa and Crataegus species (e.g. Crataegus maximowiczi ). Other recorded food plants include Carpinus betulus , Ulmus campestris , Rosa , Malus species (including Malus pumila ), Salix caprea , Sorbus sambucifolia , Cerasus sachalinensis , Prunus salicina and Zelkova serrata .

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References

  1. ↑ Manley, Chris (2015). British Moths (Second ed.). London: Bloomsbury. ISBN   978-14729-0770-7.
  2. ↑ Julius von Kennel, 1921, The Palaearktischen Tortriciden, eine monographische Darstellung. Stuttgart: E. Schweizerbart'sche Verlagsbuchhandlung. 742 pp. - Palaearctic Tortricidae, a monograph.pdf at Zobodat 67-69
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