Acleris schalleriana (Linnaeus, 1761) Species
Last modified: Nov. 12, 2023, 12:25 p.m.
A rare species throughout Belgium.
Details
- Classification
- Family: Tortricidae > Subfamily: Tortricinae > Tribus: Tortricini > Genus: Acleris > Species: Acleris schalleriana
- Vernacular names
- Zuidelijke boogbladroller (NL), Viburnum Button (EN), Schneeball-Spinnerwickler (DE)
- Synonyms
- Acleris logiana sensu Fabricius, 1775 and Acleris erutana (Herrich-Schäffer, 1851)
- 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 15-20 mm.
Museum specimens
Specimens in nature
Genitalia
Mine
Very short, full-depth corridor, without frass, along the midrib. The corridor continues in a tube of silk, covered with frass, the larva then causes window feeding.
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Bionomics
The larve cuts a thick vein, which causes the leaf to form a funnel, in which the larva lives. The adults hibernate.
Adults come to light.
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Flight periods
The adults fly in two generations a year from June till October, whereupon they hibernate and reappear the following spring.
Observed on
- Host plant (species):
- Viburnum lantana and Viburnum opulus
It prefers scrub and woodland on calcareous soils.
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