Acleris ferrugana
Acleris ferrugana | |
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Tortricidae |
Genus: | Acleris |
Species: | A. ferrugana |
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Acleris ferrugana | |
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Acleris ferrugana is a species of moth of the family Tortricidae. It is found in China,[3] most of Europe and has also been recorded from North America.[4]
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The wingspan is 14–18 mm. It is a very variable species. Some forms are very similar to Acleris notana and the two can only separated by examination of the genitalia. Julius von Kennel provides a full description.[5]
Adults are on wing in July and again in September and October. The second generation overwinters and reappears in spring.[6]
The larvae feed on Quercus species.
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- ^ tortricidae.com
- ^ Fauna Europaea
- ^ Check List of the Tribe Tortricini (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae) in Northeast china, with Two Newly Recorded Species from China
- ^ mothphotographersgroup
- ^ Julius von Kennel, 1921, The Palaearktischen Tortriciden, eine monographische Darstellung. Stuttgart: E. Schweizerbart'sche Verlagsbuchhandlung. 742 pp. - Palaearctic Tortricidae, a monograph.pdf at Zobodat 93-94
- ^ UKmoths