Biology:Acleris arcticana

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Short description: Species of moth

Acleris arcticana
Acleris arcticana.jpg
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Tortricidae
Genus: Acleris
Species:
A. arcticana
Binomial name
Acleris arcticana
(Guenee, 1845)[1]
Synonyms
  • Teras arcticana Guenee, 1845
  • Teras articana Ragonot, 1894
  • Acleris boreana Wolff, 1964
  • Peronea caryosphena Meyrick, 1937
  • Peronea walkerana McDunnough, 1934

Acleris arcticana is a species of moth of the family Tortricidae. It is found in Norway , Sweden, Finland ,[2] Greenland and North America, where it has been recorded from Ontario, Illinois and Wisconsin.[3]

The wingspan is 14–24 mm. The forewings are very dark smoky grey with a faint oblique antemedian band, represented by a few dark scales near the costa. There are some scattered blackish scales in the apical portion. The hindwings are pale smoky, slightly speckled with black near the apex.[4] Adults are on wing from April to June and from August to September.

The larvae feed on Salix glauca.

References

  1. ↑ tortricidae.com
  2. ↑ Fauna Europaea
  3. ↑ mothphotographersgroup
  4. ↑ McDunnough, J. 1934. The Canadian species of the Tortricid genus Peronea. Canadian Journal of Research, 1934, 11(3): 290-332

Wikidata ☰ Q13225239 entry




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