Acleris caerulescens
Acleris caerulescens is a species of moth of the family Tortricidae. It is found in the Russian Far East (Ussuri), eastern China and Japan.[2]
| Acleris caerulescens | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Tortricidae |
| Genus: | Acleris |
| Species: | A. caerulescens |
| Binomial name | |
| Acleris caerulescens (Walsingham, 1900)[1] | |
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The wingspan is about 24 mm. The forewings are blue-grey with four greyish brown transverse lines. There is a creamy white patch on the costa, preceded and followed by chestnut brown and another smaller creamy brown patch beyond this. The hindwings are greyish brown.[3]
The larvae feed on Pterocarya rhoifolia[4] and Juglans species.
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