Acleris forsskaleana (Linnaeus, 1758) Species
Last modified: Nov. 10, 2023, 2:21 p.m.
A common species throughout Belgium.
Details
- Classification
- Family: Tortricidae > Subfamily: Tortricinae > Tribus: Tortricini > Genus: Acleris > Species: Acleris forsskaleana
- Vernacular names
- Kleine boogbladroller (NL), Maple Button (EN), Ahorn-Spinnerwickler (DE)
- First mention in Belgium
- De Crombrugghe G. 1898. Note sur quelques Lépidoptères nouveaux pour la faune belge. — Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique 42: 34–38. On page 34.
- Status
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Native
Distribution
Imago
Wingspan 12–17 mm. A yellowish species with a distinctive reticulated pattern on the forewing, a variably sized greyish suffusion across the centre, a conspicuous dark line along termen from tornus to apex extending onto the distal costa.
Museum specimens
Specimens in nature
Bionomics
The larva lives at first in spun leaves or a flower of the food plant, later on in a longitudinally rolled leaf. It hibernates. Pupation in a white silken cocoon spun in a folded leaf.
The moths are active from dusk onwards and later come to light.
Flight periods
The adults have been observed from late May till September.
Observed on
- Host plant (species):
- Acer campestre and Acer pseudoplatanus
The larva lives mainly on Acer campestre or A. pseudoplatanus.
Habitat
It inhabits woodlands and gardens.
