Ancylis laetana

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Ancylis laetana
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Tortricidae
Genus: Ancylis
Species:
A. laetana
Binomial name
Ancylis laetana
(Fabricius, 1775) [1]
Synonyms
  • Pyralis laetanaFabricius, 1775
  • Tortrix harpanaHubner, [1796-1799]
  • Pyralis lactanaFabricius, 1781

Ancylis laetana is a moth of the family Tortricidae. It is found in most of Europe, except the Iberian Peninsula, the Balkan Peninsula, Iceland, Ireland and Ukraine. [2]

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Damage

The wingspan is 14–18 mm. Adults are on wing from May to June in one generation per year. [3]

The larvae feed on Populus tremula and occasionally Populus nigra . [4]

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