Species Acleris forsskaleana - Maple Leaftier - Hodges#3501

3501

Hairnet Acleris

Maple Button

Acleris forsskaleana (Linnaeus, 1758)

Phalaena (Tortrix) forsskaleana Linnaeus 1758 (1)

forskaleana is a common spelling .(2)

Named for Peter Forsskål (1732-1763), a Swedish explorer, orientalist, naturalist, and disciple of Carl Linnaeus. He died of malaria at age 31 on an expedition to Yemen.

Wingspan 12-16 mm. (3)

Mature larva 12-13 mm in length.

Adult: forewing reticulate with brownish-orange, partly bordered with black, and suffused centrally with dark gray.

Larva: head yellowish green, shining and unmarked, region of stemmata brownish; prothoracic plate greenish; abdomen whitish yellow, translucent; prolegs not sclerotized laterally; pinacula minute, slightly lighter in colour than ground colour of abdomen; anal plate yellowish green; anal comb present; thoracic legs light green; when full-grown, larva becomes bright yellowish-green prior to pupation [description adapted from Eurasian Tortricidae site].

Genitalia:

Holarctic.

Larvae feed on leaves of maple and sycamore.

Pupates in a white silken cocoon spun in a folded leaf of the food plant.

Larva; leaf shelter; adult

Some sources indicate introduced from Europe, but listed by Canada as native.

Linnaeus, C., 1758. Systema Naturae, 10th ed., p. 531. (1)

Moth Photographers Group

British Lepidoptera (3)

UK Moths