| Acleris ferrugana | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Tortricidae |
| Genus: | Acleris |
| Species: | A. ferrugana |
| Binomial name | |
| Acleris ferrugana | |
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Acleris ferrugana is a species of moth of the family Tortricidae. It is found in China, [3] most of Europe and has also been recorded from North America. [4]
The wingspan is 14–18 mm. The forewings are suboblong, pale ochreous to deep reddish-ochreous, darker-strigulated, sometimes strewn with blackish dots; tufts slight; two costal spots before and beyond middle and one in middle of disc grey, brownish, red-brown, or blackish. Hindwings whitish-grey, towards apex darker or grey-strigulated.The larva is pale green; dorsal line darker; head black or brown, plate of 2 more or less black. [5] It is a very variable species. Some forms are very similar to Acleris notana and the two can only separated by examination of the genitalia. [6] Julius von Kennel provides a full description. [7]
Adults are on wing in July and again in September and October. The second generation overwinters and reappears in spring. [8]
The larvae feed on Quercus species.
