Ancylis myrtillana

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Ancylis myrtillana
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Tortricidae
Genus: Ancylis
Species:
A. myrtillana
Binomial name
Ancylis myrtillana
(Treitschke, [1830]) [1] [2]
Synonyms
  • Phoxopteryx myrtillanaTreitschke, 1830
  • Anchylopera myrtillana f. bidentanaStrand, 1901
  • Ancylis myrtillana coeneniGibeaux, 1985
  • Phoxopteryx dentanaLaharpe, 1858
  • Anchylopera myrtillana f. distractaStrand, 1901

Ancylis myrtillana is a moth of the family Tortricidae. It was described by Treitschke in 1830. It is found in most of Europe and across the Palearctic.It has also been recorded in North America. The habitat consists of moorland.

The wingspan is 12–16 mm. [3] The forewings are ochreous or pale brownish, sometimes striated with whitish. The costa is posteriorly spotted with dark fuscous and there is a rather dark fuscous irregularly triangular dorsal blotch extending from base to beyond middle, the surrounding space sometimes wholly whitish. The central fascia is ochreous-brownish, with a wedge-shaped posterior projection upwards from below middle, marked with one or two black dashes in middle. The hindwings are grey. [4] Julius von Kennel provides a full description. [5]

Adults are on wing from May to July in one generation per year. [6]

The larvae feed on Vaccinium myrtillus , Vaccinium vitis-idaea and Vaccinium uliginosum . They feed from within a pod, created by spinning two leaves together. [7] The species overwinters as a final instar larvae within a cocoon made in litter.

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References

  1. tortricidae.com
  2. Fauna Europaea
  3. Hants Moths
  4. Meyrick, E., 1895 A Handbook of British Lepidoptera MacMillan, London pdf PD-icon.svg This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain . Keys and description
  5. Julius von Kennel, 1921, The Palaearktischen Tortriciden, eine monographische Darstellung. Stuttgart: E. Schweizerbart'sche Verlagsbuchhandlung. 742 pp. - Palaearctic Tortricidae, a monograph.pdf at Zobodat 438-439.
  6. Lepidoptera of Belgium Archived September 8, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
  7. UKmoths