Acleris bergmanniana
Appearance
Yellow rose button moth | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Tortricidae |
Genus: | Acleris |
Species: | A. bergmanniana
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Binomial name | |
Acleris bergmanniana | |
Synonyms | |
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Acleris bergmanniana, the yellow rose button moth, is a moth of the family Tortricidae. It is found from most of Europe to the eastern Palearctic realm.[1]
The wingspan is 12–15 mm.[2] The forewings which have a yellow ground colour are marked with three metallic blue-grey narrow transverse bands, edged with rufous.The forewing has pronounced, acute-angled wing tips.In the middle of the wing there is a round small black spot that is a tuft of erect, dark scales.There are also two small raised tufts of black scales.[3] Adults are on wing from June to July.[4]
The larvae feed on the leaves and shoots of rose Rosa species (Rosa canina), as well as Rhamnus cathartica.
References
[edit]- ^ Fauna Europaea
- ^ microlepidoptera.nl Archived July 1, 2014, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Julius von Kennel. 1921, The Palaearktischen Tortriciden, eine monographische Darstellung. Stuttgart: E. Schweizerbart'sche Verlagsbuchhandlung. 742 pp. - Palaearctic Tortricidae, a monograph.pdf at Zobodat 172 This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
- ^ UK Moths
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