| Ancylis obtusana | |
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| Ancylis obtusana. Upperside | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Tortricidae |
| Genus: | Ancylis |
| Species: | A. obtusana |
| Binomial name | |
| Ancylis obtusana (Haworth, 1811) | |
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Ancylis obtusana, the small buckthorn roller, is a moth of the family Tortricidae. [1]
This species is present in most of Europe, in the eastern Palearctic realm, and in the Near East. [2] These moths inhabit marginal areas of forests where host plants grow. [3]
Ancylis obtusana has a wingspan of about 12 millimetres (0.47 in). The forewings are red brown, with a rounded reddish patch and the costa stringulated (finely streaked) with white and brown. The hind wings are brownish. Meyrick describes it - Forewings ferruginous, costa with dark fuscous and whitish strigidae; basal patch dark ferruginous-brown except towards costa, edge rounded, very oblique, reaching beyond middle of dorsum, followed by a grey-whitish stria broadly enlarged on costa; central fascia dark ferruginous-brown, with strong posterior median projection, not reaching dorsum; costal area beyond this dark ferruginous; ocellus small, broadly edged with leaden- metallic. Hind wings fuscous, darker terminally. [4] Julius von Kennel provides a full description. [5]
Similar species are Ancylis comptana and Ancylis mitterbacheriana . [3] [6]
The adult moths fly from May to July. Larvae feed on alder buckthorn ( Frangula alnus ) and buckthorn ( Rhamnus cathartica ). They overwinter in leaves of these host plants that they spin together.
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