Acleris rufana (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775) Species
Last modified: Nov. 11, 2023, 3:13 p.m.
A very rare and local species in Belgium, mainly in the southern part.
Details
- Classification
- Family: Tortricidae > Subfamily: Tortricinae > Tribus: Tortricini > Genus: Acleris > Species: Acleris rufana
- Vernacular names
- Gezoomde boogbladroller (NL), Sweet-gale Button (EN), Himbeer-Frühlingswickler (DE)
- Synonyms
- Acleris apiciana (Hübner, 1793)
- 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 93.
- Status
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Native
Distribution
Imago
Wingspan 17–24 mm. A rather variable species, typically having almost unicolorous buff-coloured forewings, others with grey or purplish ground colour or with well-defined markings.
Museum specimens
Specimens in nature
Caterpillar
Cocoon/pupa
Bionomics
In case the larva feeds on Myrica gale it lives in a neat tube of leaves spun around the stem. On Sanguisorba officinalis it was found in a folded leaf. Pupation in a silken cocoon amongst dead leaves or in the earth or even in a folded leaf (observed in breeding conditions). The imagines hibernate, become active from the evening onwards and come to light.
Flight periods
The hibernating adults fly from late July till May.
Observed on
- Host plant (species):
- Myrica gale and Sanguisorba officinalis
Often Myrica gale is stated as a main host plant. It has also been observed on Salix caprea, Populus alba, and Filipendula ulmaria and other plants. In Belgium a caterpillar was found feeding on Sanguisorba officinalis.
Habitat
It inhabits moors and damp woods.
