Tortricidae : Tortricinae
Acleris forsskaleana
ACLERIS forsskaleana (Linnaeus, 1758)
Acleris forsskaleana
ACLERIS forsskaleana (Linnaeus, 1758)
Life Cycle Guide
Description
Vernacular Name: Maple Button
Wingspan: 12-19mm
Worldwide Distribution: Europe -(excluding - Azores,Balearic Is.,Canary Is.,Corsica,Crete,Croatia,Cyprus,Madeira,Malta & Portugal) : North America
UK Distribution: England,Wales - common throughout : Scotland - local
UK Conservation Status -
Habitat: Woodland : Scrub : Gardens : Orchards : Hedgerows
Similar Species -
Overwinters as: Small larva
Observations: Forewing is yellow with reddish brown net like pattern covering and a cross line that is angled to the costa before rising at the centre of the wing only to angle back to the dorsum forming a letter "W". As in photo one there is a dark blackish dorsal blotch adjacent to this cross line in some specimens.
There is a dark brown prominent terminal line which rounds at the apex before retreating back along the costa.
Moth is attracted to light where it can appear in reasonable numbers
Wingspan: 12-19mm
Worldwide Distribution: Europe -(excluding - Azores,Balearic Is.,Canary Is.,Corsica,Crete,Croatia,Cyprus,Madeira,Malta & Portugal) : North America
UK Distribution: England,Wales - common throughout : Scotland - local
UK Conservation Status -
- Common = > 300 10km squares
- Least Concern
- Phalaena (Tortrix) forsskaleana (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Tortrix aspersana Hübner, 1817
- Europe
Habitat: Woodland : Scrub : Gardens : Orchards : Hedgerows
Similar Species -
- None
Overwinters as: Small larva
Observations: Forewing is yellow with reddish brown net like pattern covering and a cross line that is angled to the costa before rising at the centre of the wing only to angle back to the dorsum forming a letter "W". As in photo one there is a dark blackish dorsal blotch adjacent to this cross line in some specimens.
There is a dark brown prominent terminal line which rounds at the apex before retreating back along the costa.
Moth is attracted to light where it can appear in reasonable numbers
Photo Gallery
Larval Food Plants Worldwide
Note - Plants hyperlinked in red below take the visitor to the relevant plant page on"Plants for a Future" website where further information like photos,physical characteristics,habitats,edible uses,medicinal uses,cultivation,propagation,range,height etc. are clearly listed.
Plant Families - in bold red below takes the visitor to the relevant "Lepi-plants" page where other butterflies & moths using the plants below are listed.
Plant Families - in bold red below takes the visitor to the relevant "Lepi-plants" page where other butterflies & moths using the plants below are listed.
- Aceraceae - Maple Family
- Acer campestre - Field Maple
- Acer pseudoplatanus - Sycamore
- Note - Larvae also feed on the following plant families
- Platanaceae - Plantanus - Plane Tree
- Note - Larvae also feed on the following plant families
Larval Food Plants
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Taxonomy
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Animalia
Eumetozoa Arthropoda Hexapoda Insecta Lepidoptera Tortricoidea Tortricidae Tortricinae Tortricini ACLERIS Hübner,[1825] Acleris forsskaleana (Linnaeus, 1758) - Tortrix aspersana Hübner, 1817 - PHALAENA (Tortrix) forsskaleana (Linnaeus, 1758) = Croesia forsskaleana (Linnaeus, 1758) = Phalaena Tortrix forsskaleana Linnaeus, 1758 = Croesia forskaleana = Tortrix agraphana Klemensiewicz, 1904 = Argyrotoxa deficiens Dufrane, 1957 - Syst. Nat. (Edn 10) 1 : Title Page : p.531 - n.216 - Europe |