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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Tortricid Moths (Tortricoidea) » Tortricid Moths (Tortricidae) » Tortricinae » Tortricini » Acleris » Oak Leaftier Moth - Hodges#3503 (Acleris semipurpurana)
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Sparganothis? - Acleris semipurpurana
Copyright © 2016 Hemipteran Seeker

Sparganothis? - Acleris semipurpurana
Travelers Rest , Greenville County, South Carolina, USA
April 27, 2016
Size: 8-9mm
Found in low vegetation on the underside of leaf
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Contributed by Hemipteran Seeker on 28 April, 2016 - 6:41am
Last updated 28 April, 2016 - 7:21pm

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… Kyhl Austin, 28 April, 2016 - 5:49pm login or register to post comments

Note the following comment un
Note the following comment under the ID section of the info page for the Acleris semipurpurana - Oak Leaftier Moth http://bugguide.net/node/view/48807 which says:
"Adult color and pattern variable; individuals are best distinguished from the very similar Blueberry Leaftier [Acleris=Croesia curvalana] by association with the larval food plant"

So it comes down to this moth's nearness to either oak leaves or blueberries. Is it possible to rule out one or the other where you took this photo?
… nancy dowd, 28 April, 2016 - 2:24pm login or register to post comments

 
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In a 100m radius from where I saw the moth th area is dominated by oaks both mature and seedling; no blueberries that I have seen yet
… Hemipteran Seeker, 28 April, 2016 - 3:37pm login or register to post comments

 
Then it must be Acleris semip
Then it must be Acleris semipurpurana - Oak Leaftier Moth as Bob B suggested.
… nancy dowd, 28 April, 2016 - 5:44pm login or register to post comments

Oak Leaftier Moth
I think that it is this one, but please wait for an expert.
Acleris semipurpurana: (widespread eastern range)
… Bob Biagi, 28 April, 2016 - 9:05am login or register to post comments

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