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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
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Under a sweetgum tree.5.7.2010 - Acleris
Copyright © 2010 Beatriz Moisset

Under a sweetgum tree.5.7.2010 - Acleris
Willow Grove, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, USA
May 7, 2010
Size: 7+ mm.
It made eclosion today and it is alive and kicking.

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Under a sweetgum tree. 4/22/2010 - Acleris Under a sweetgum tree. 4/23/2010 - Acleris Under a sweetgum tree. 5/1/2010 - Acleris Under a sweetgum tree.5.7.2010 - Acleris Under a sweetgum tree. 5.7.2010 - Acleris Under a sweetgum tree.5.7.2010 - Acleris
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Contributed by Beatriz Moisset on 7 May, 2010 - 7:13pm
Last updated 4 January, 2019 - 11:12am

Moved
Moved from Tortricid Moths.
… Jason J. Dombroskie, 28 March, 2011 - 12:40pm login or register to post comments

3504 – Acleris curvalana??
Wild guess. See pinned image at MPG here.
… Steve Nanz, 25 November, 2010 - 12:16pm login or register to post comments

 
You are probably right, it is
You are probably right, it is a strange looking one though.
… Jason J. Dombroskie, 17 February, 2011 - 4:02pm login or register to post comments

 
Hmmm!
The host plants of Acleris curvalana are members of Ericaceae. There were none nearby; it was coming down from a sweetgum tree, ready to pupate, so I assume that this was the host plant.
But, then again, what do I know?
… Beatriz Moisset, 17 February, 2011 - 5:33pm login or register to post comments

 
OK
Maybe my guess was bad. Still the folds in the wing and the wing shape seem pretty similar. Machele White has an image of A. semipurpurana at MPG here that looks even better. Unfortunately, the host plant is oak and the larva, though similar, is not right either.
… Steve Nanz, 18 February, 2011 - 4:42am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Moths.
… Chris Grinter, 30 July, 2010 - 2:45pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Butterflies and Moths.
… Beatriz Moisset, 15 June, 2010 - 7:04am login or register to post comments

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