Gypsonoma aceriana (Duponchel, 1843) Species
Last modified: Dec. 10, 2023, 3:47 p.m.
A fairly common species in Belgium, especially in the northern part.
Details
- Classification
- Family: Tortricidae > Subfamily: Olethreutinae > Tribus: Eucosmini > Genus: Gypsonoma > Species: Gypsonoma aceriana
- Vernacular names
- Populierenscheutboorder (NL), White Cloaked Tortrix, Rosy Cloaked Shoot (EN), Sémasie du peuplier (FR), Pappel-Blattwickler (DE)
- First mention in Belgium
- De Fré Ch. 1858. Catalogue des Microlépidoptères de la Belgique. — Annales de la Société entomologique belge 2: 45–162. On page 66.
- Status
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Native
Distribution
Imago
Wingspan 12–15 mm. A dark head and palps. It shows a pink/ochreous suffusion to the white ground colour of the forewing and a straight edged basal patch. It may show a few black scales in the ocellus and have a slightly darker suffusion mid termen and through the central area to the triangular but weakly marked pre-tornal spot.
Museum specimens
Specimens in nature
Caterpillar
The caterpillar is brownish, the head and neck shield are dark brown to black-brown, the anal valve is poorly distinguished in body color.
Cocoon/pupa
Bionomics
The larva lives within young shoots and buds to begin with, and later within the stem of a leaf stalk. An erect conical tube of frass at the entrance hole indicates the feeding-place. Pupation in a cocoon in a crevice of bark or amongst leaf-litter.
The adults are active in late afternoon and later come to light.
Flight periods
The adults have been observed from May till late September.
Habitat
It inhabits wooded areas, poplar plantations, nurseries, avenues, parks and gardens where poplars grow.
