Biology:Acleris busckana
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Tortricidae |
| Genus: | Acleris |
| Species: | A. busckana
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| Acleris busckana (McDunnough, 1934)[1]
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Acleris busckana is a species of moth of the family Tortricidae. It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from Maine, Manitoba, Massachusetts , New Brunswick, New Hampshire, Ohio, Ontario, Quebec and West Virginia.[2]
The wingspan is 20–22 mm for males and about 20 mm for females. The female forewings are light violet-grey, shaded with deeper purple-grey. There is a small black-brown patch at the base of the wing, shaded with light brown scaling, just beyond this is a smaller dark patch with brownish scaling and a dark scale-tuft. This patch is enclosed in a broad oblique band of the violet-grey ground colour, defined outwardly in the costal half and on the inner margin by a row of blackish dots. The terminal area of the wing is violet-grey with a few scattered black dots. Males have paler forewings, with the basal patch and costal triangle less obvious. The hindwings are very pale smoky, but somewhat darker apically.[3] Adults have been recorded on wing from March to November.
The larvae feed on Spiraea species (including Spiraea alba).[4]
References
Wikidata ☰ Q13225270 entry
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