Ancylis unguicella | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Tortricidae |
Genus: | Ancylis |
Species: | A. unguicella |
Binomial name | |
Ancylis unguicella | |
Ancylis unguicella is a moth belonging to the family Tortricidae. The species was first described by Carl Linnaeus in his landmark 1758 10th edition of Systema Naturae. [1]
It is native to the Palearctic and Northern America. [2]
The wingspan is 13-18 mmm. The ground colour of the forewings is whitish, sprinkled or sometimes suffused with light fuscous and more or less striated with brown. The costa is strigulated with dark fuscous and whitish. The edge of the basal patch is obliquely rounded and it is less marked towards the costa. The narrow central fascia has a short posterior median projection, and a subapical transverse streak triangularly dilated towards the termen. It is ochreous-fuscous or dark fuscous. The hindwings are grey. [3] Julius von Kennel provides a full description. [4]
The larvae feed on Calluna vulgaris and Erica cinerea . The adult butterflies fly between May and July.
Archips xylosteana, the variegated golden tortrix or brown oak tortrix, is a moth of the family Tortricidae.
Agapeta hamana is a moth of the family Tortricidae. It is found in Europe, western and southern Siberia, the Caucasus, Kazakhstan, Transcaucasia, Asia Minor, Central Asia, Iran, Afghanistan, Mongolia, western China and northern India.
Aleimma loeflingiana is a moth of the family Tortricidae. It is found in Europe and the Near East.
Celypha cespitana is a moth of the family Tortricidae. It is found in the Palearctic realm, from western Europe to the Ural Mountains, Transcaucasia, Asia Minor, the Near East, Iran, Russia, north-eastern China (Manchuria), Korea and Japan. It is also found in the Nearctic realm.
Acleris rhombana, the rhomboid tortrix, is a moth of the family Tortricidae. It is found in the Palearctic realm, from Europe to the Caucasus, Armenia, and Turkmenistan.
Ancylis achatana is a moth of the family Tortricidae. It is found from central and southern Europe including the United Kingdom and Ireland, east to the Baltic region, Asia Minor, Ukraine and Russia to the southern part of Trans-Ural.
Acleris rufana is a moth of the family Tortricidae. It is found from northern, central and south-western Europe through southern Siberia to the Russian Far East and Japan.
Apotomis capreana is a moth of the family Tortricidae. It is found in most of Europe, east to the eastern part of the Palearctic realm.
Apotomis semifasciana, the short-barred grey marble, is a moth of the family Tortricidae. It was first described by the English entomologist Adrian Hardy Haworth in 1811.
Cochylis hybridella is a moth species of the family Tortricidae. It is found in most of Europe, the Near East, China, Japan, Korea and Russia.
Ancylis mitterbacheriana is a species of moth of the family Tortricidae. It is found in most of Europe, except the Iberian Peninsula, most of the Balkan Peninsula and Ukraine.
Cochylichroa atricapitana, the black-headed conch, is a moth of the family Tortricidae. It is found in China (Xinjiang) and the eastern Palearctic and most of Europe.
Cochylis dubitana, the little conch, is a moth of the family Tortricidae. It is found in China (Heilongjiang) and most of Europe. and the Caucasus. It is also found in North America, where it has been recorded from Colorado, Maine, Ontario and Washington.
Ancylis geminana, the festooned roller, is a moth of the family Tortricidae. It was described by Edward Donovan in 1806. It is found in most of Europe and has also been recorded from North America. The habitat consists of fens, marshes and damp heathland.
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.
Acleris schalleriana, the viburnum button or Schaller's acleris moth, is a moth of the family Tortricidae. It was described by Carl Linnaeus in 1761. It is found in most of Europe. It is also found in North America. Acleris viburnana is a possible synonym that refers to the North American populations.
Cochylis pallidana, the sheep's-bit conch, is a moth of the family Tortricidae. It was described by Zeller in 1847.
Cochylimorpha straminea, the straw conch, is a species of moth of the family Tortricidae. It is found in most of Europe, Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Asia Minor, the Palestinian territories, Iraq, Syria, Armenia, Transcaspia, Turkmenistan and Iran.
Acleris permutana is a species of moth of the family Tortricidae. It is found in Ireland, Great Britain, Portugal, Spain, France, Belgium, the Netherlands, Germany, Denmark, Sweden, Austria, Italy, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Slovenia, Croatia, Hungary, Romania, North Macedonia and Russia. The habitat consists of coastal sandhills and limestone.
Ancylis obtusana, the small buckthorn roller, is a moth of the family Tortricidae.