Acleris rhombana

Acleris rhombana, the rhomboid tortrix, is a moth of the family Tortricidae. It is found in the Palearctic realm, from Europe to the Caucasus, Armenia, and Turkmenistan.[2]

Acleris rhombana
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Tortricidae
Genus: Acleris
Species:
A. rhombana
Binomial name
Acleris rhombana
Synonyms
  • Tortrix rhombana [Denis & Schiffermuller], 1775
  • Pyralis centrana Fabricius, 1794
  • Tortrix ciliana Hubner, [1796-1799]
  • Tortrix contaminana Hubner, [1796-1799]
  • Tortrix contaminiana Haworth, [1811]
  • Tortrix dimidiana Frolich, 1828
  • Phalaena obscurana Donovan, [1806]
  • Phalaena reticulana Strm, 1783
  • Tortrix reticulata Kennel, 1908
  • Acalla rhombana ab. unicolorana Strand, 1902

The wingspan is 14–18 mm.The forewings are suboblong, apex rather strongly prominent, whitish-ochreous to reddish-ochreous,sometimes much mixed with fuscous, strigulated with dark fuscous or ferruginous, veins dark fuscous ; tufts very slight ; edge of basal patch usually dark fuscous, angulated central fascia and costal patch often rather dark fuscous, sometimes united in disc ; apical half of cilia white on upper part of termen. Hindwings are grey-whitish, indistinctly strigulated with grey.The larva is pale green-yellowish ; head pale brown ;anal plate green.[3]

The moths are on wing from June to November depending on the location.

The larvae feed on various trees and shrubs, including Crataegus, Malus, Pyrus, Prunus and Rosaceae species.

References
  1. tortricidae.com
  2. Alipanah, Helen, 2009: A brief study on the tribes Tortricini and Archipini (Lepidoptera: Tortricinae) from Iran. Entomofauna Band 30, Heft 10: 137-152.
  3. Meyrick, E., 1895 A Handbook of British Lepidoptera MacMillan, London pdf This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain. Keys and description


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