Acleris permutana

Acleris permutana is a species of moth of the family Tortricidae. It is found in Ireland, Great Britain, Portugal, Spain, France, Belgium, the Netherlands, Germany, Denmark, Sweden, Austria, Italy, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Slovenia, Croatia, Hungary, Romania, North Macedonia and Russia.[2] The habitat consists of coastal sandhills and limestone.[3]

Acleris permutana
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Tortricidae
Genus: Acleris
Species:
A. permutana
Binomial name
Acleris permutana
(Duponchel, in Godart, 1836)[1]
Synonyms
  • Glyphiptera permutana Duponchel, in Godart, 1836
  • Tortrix (Teras) permutanana Herrich-Schaffer, 1851

The wingspan is 15–22 mm.The head is dark brown,thorax whitish-ochreous. The forewings are oblong, reddish-ochreous ;basal half before central fascia whitish-ochreous with a few darker strigulae, enclosing a triangular dark reddish -fuscous dorsal spot mixed with leaden-grey, with a scale-tuft in its apex; central fascia brown, posteriorly undefined, with small scaletufts on anterior edge, one in middle larger ; costal patch reddish-fuscous, connected beneath with termen. Hindwings are whitish-fuscous.[4]

Adults are on wing from August to September.

The larvae feed on Rosa species and Prunus spinosa. They feed within the spun shoots and leaves of their host plant. Larvae can be found from June to August.

References
  1. tortricidae.com
  2. Fauna Europaea
  3. UKmoths
  4. 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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