Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Gypsonoma aceriana (Duponchel, 1842)
Penthina aceriana Duponchel, 1842 (in Godart)
Gypsonoma belgiensis Dufrane, 1945
Phylogenetic sequence #621132
Explanation of Names
Specific epithet for the host plant (Acer).
Identification
Larva - see photos at www.lepiforum.de in Internet References below.
Range
Invasive from Europe. Retroactively (2009) identified in British Columbia as early as 1980; discovered in Washington in 1998; spreading through most of western Washington and reaching the border of Oregon by 2001; BugGuide record from Los Angeles in 2009.
(2)Food
Larvae are pests of of cultivated and wild cottonwood (
Populus).
(3) Some sources also list elm (
Ulmus), maple (
Acer), birch (
Betula), heath (
Erica) and/or blueberry (
Vaccinium) although there is little or nothing in the scientific literature about these potential hosts. The specific epithet would seem to show some early association with maple (
Acer) but even that is impossible to confirm.
Life Cycle
The first instar larva mines the leaf. The second instar spins a hibernacula on the bark of a branch and overwinters. Larva reemerges in the spring and bores into a newly developing green shoot. Pupation occurs in leaf litter (Humble, deWaard & Quinn, 2009).
Print References
Godart, J.-B. 1842. Supplement: Nocturnes.
Histoire naturelle des lépidoptères ou papillons de France.
418;
Pl.83, f.12.
Humble, L.M., J.R. deWaard & M. Quinn. 2009. Delayed recognition of the European poplar shoot borer,
Gypsonoma aceriana (Duponchel) (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae), in Canada.
Journal of the Entomological Society of British Columbia 106: 61-70. (
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Contributed by
v belov on 23 September, 2009 - 9:16am
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Randy HardyLast updated 18 December, 2017 - 2:33pm