Biology:Acleris ptychogrammos

Short description: Species of moth

Acleris ptychogrammos
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Tortricidae
Genus:	Acleris
Species:	A. ptychogrammos
Binomial name
Acleris ptychogrammos (Zeller, 1875)
Synonyms
Teras hastiana var. ptychogrammos Zeller, 1875 Peronea ptychogrammos

Acleris ptychogrammos is a species of moth of the family Tortricidae. It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from Alabama, British Columbia, Illinois, Indiana , Kentucky, Maine, Manitoba, Maryland, Massachusetts , Michigan, Mississippi, New Hampshire, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Ontario, West Virginia and Wisconsin.

The wingspan is about 15 mm. The ground colour of the forewings is light grey with a moderately distinct red-brown costal triangle, a small black basal dash below the costa and fine black lines along the cubital and anal veins and along the inner edge of the costal triangle. Adults have been recorded on wing nearly year round in the south.

The larvae feed on Cornus sericea.

References

Wikidata ☰ Q13225486 entry