Acleris literana

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Acleris literana
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Tortricidae
Genus: Acleris
Species:
A. literana
Binomial name
Acleris literana
Synonyms
  • Phalaena (Tortrix) literanaLinnaeus, 1758
  • Oxigrapha abjectanaHübner, [1825] 1816
  • Acleris literana ab. adustanaBradley, 1962
  • Oxigrapha aeruganaHübner, [1825] 1816
  • Tortrix asperana[Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775
  • Oxigrapha literana ab. brunneanaSheldon, 1931
  • Acleris literana ab. dorsomaculanaBradley, 1962
  • Acleris literana ab. dorsosquamanaBradley, 1962
  • Oxigrapha literana ab. flavanaSheldon, 1921
  • Oxigrapha literana ab. fulvanaSheldon, 1931
  • Acleris literana ab. fulvirroranaBradley, 1962
  • Acleris literana ab. fulvodorsanaBradley, 1962
  • Oxigrapha literana ab. fulvoliteranaSheldon, 1921
  • Oxigrapha literana ab. fulvomaculanaSheldon, 1921
  • Leptogramma fulvomixtanaStephens, 1834
  • Oxigrapha literana ab. griseanaSheldon, 1921
  • Tortrix irroranaHübner, [1796-1799]
  • Leptogramma irrorana
  • Acleris literana ab. irroroliteranaBradley, 1962
  • Oxigrapha literana ab. mixtanaSheldon, 1921
  • Acalla literana ssp. multipunctataSchawerda, 1936
  • Acalla literana ab. nigrofascianaPreissecker, 1913
  • Acleris literana ab. nigroliteranaBradley, 1962
  • Oxigrapha literana ab. nigromaculanaSheldon, 1921
  • Oxigrapha notatanaHübner, [1825] 1816
  • Acleris literana ab. olivarianaBradley, 1962
  • Pyralis romananaFabricius, 1787
  • Acalla literana sardivolaSchawerda, 1936
  • Pyralis squamanaFabricius, 1775
  • Phalaena (Tortrix) squamulanaHübner, 1793
  • Acleris literana ab. subfulvoliteranaBradley, 1962
  • Acleris literana ab. subfulvomixtanaBradley, 1962
  • Acleris literana ab. subliteranaBradley, 1962
  • Oxigrapha literana ab. suffusanaSheldon, 1921
  • Tortrix tricoloranaHaworth, [1811]

Acleris literana, the sprinkled rough-wing, is a moth of the family Tortricidae. The species was first described by Carl Linnaeus in his 1758 10th edition of Systema Naturae. It is found in most of Europe and in the Near East.

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Illustration from John Curtis's British Entomology Volume 6

It is a variable species and many different forms have been described, but all have a combination of blackish and whitish markings on a pale green ground. Julius von Kennel provides a full description. [2]

The wingspan is 18–21 mm (0.71–0.83 in). Adults are on wing from August to September and again from April to May after overwintering as an adult.

The larvae feed on Quercus species. They live between leaves spun together with silk.

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References

  1. Tortricid.net
  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 82-83