Acleris permutana (Duponchel, 1836) Species
Last modified: Nov. 12, 2023, 12:20 p.m.
An extreme rare and very local species in Belgium, recently only known from a handfull of observations in NA after 2004.
Details
- Classification
- Family: Tortricidae > Subfamily: Tortricinae > Tribus: Tortricini > Genus: Acleris > Species: Acleris permutana
- Vernacular names
- Rozenboogbladroller (NL), Buff Button (EN), Dünenrosen-Spinnerwickler (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 94.
- Status
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Native
Distribution
Imago
Wingspan 15–20 mm. Caution must be taken because this species is similar in appearance to the form brunneana of Acleris variegana but can be distinguished by the presence of an erect scale-tuft in the submedian fold in Acleris variegana and its absence in A.permutana.
Museum specimens
Specimens in nature
No pictures yet!Bionomics
The caterpillars feeding in spun shoots and leaves. Hibernates as an egg. The adults are quite elusive by day, but are attracted to light after dark.
Flight periods
The adults fly from late June towards mid-October.
Observed on
- Host plant (species):
- Rosa pimpinellifolia and Prunus spinosa
Different species of Rosa, but mainly on Rosa pimpinellifolia, also known from Prunus spinosa in literature, but this is doubtfull.
Habitat
Preferring coastal sanddunes and limestone habitats.
