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Tortricidae : Tortricinae

Rhomboid Tortrix

ACLERIS rhombana ([Denis & Schiffermüller],1775)
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Description
Wingspan: 13-21mm
Worldwide Distribution: Europe - less Croatia,Greece & most Mediterranean Islands :  Caucasus : Daghestan : Armenia : Turkmenia : Asia Minor
UK Distribution: Fairly common throughout British Isles
UK Conservation Status -
  • Common = > 300 10km squares
European Conservation Status -
  • Least Concern
Original Species Name -
  • Phalaena (Tortrix) rhombana ([Denis & Schiffemüller], 1775)
Type Species - Acleris
  • Tortrix aspersana Hübner, 1817
Type Locality -
  • Austria - near Vienna
Flight Period: South - mid May - mid November : Elsewhere - August - early November
Habitat: Hedgerows : Orchards : Scrub : Gardens
Similar Species -
  • None
Larva: The 15mm final instar larva is yellowish green,darker green dorsally with brown head and black thoracic legs and lives between spun or rolled leaf.
Overwinters as: Ovum
Observations: The forewing is narrow basally and rounded before straightening at half way, along costa, towards a sharp apex and concave termen.The moth is extremely variable between yellowish brown to reddish brown with fine veins and marking darker creating a net like pattern especially in paler specimens. Cilia along termen are pale yellow or white,brownish at the apex.The terminal line is usually darker than the ground colour making the termen pronounced.
The median area has darker markings variable in size and sometimes "Y" shaped.

The moth can be disturbed during the day,flying and dusk,and is attracted to light.
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Animalia
Eumetozoa
Arthropoda
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Lepidoptera
Tortricoidea
Tortricidae
Tortricinae
Tortricini
ACLERIS Hübner,[1825]
Acleris rhombana ([Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775))
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Tortrix aspersana Hübner, 1817
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PHALAENA (Tortrix) rhombana ([Denis & Schiffemüller], 1775)
= Phalaena (Tortrix) reticulana Ström, 1783
= Phalaena obscurana Donovan, 1804
= Tortrix dimidiana Frölich, 1828
= Acalla rhombana
= Tortrix ameriana
= Rhacodia rosana
= Tortrix ciliana Hübner, 1796/99
= Tortrix contaminana Hübner, 1796/99
= Tortrix dimidiana Frölich, 1828
= Teras nigromaculata Parfitt, 1878
= Tortrix obscurana Donovan, 1809
= Peronea reticulata Ström, 1783
= Acalla unicolorana Strand, 1902
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Ankündung eines systematischen Werkes von den Schmetterlingen der Wienergegend,herausgegeben von einigen Lehrern am k. k. Theresianum. - pp. [1], 1-322, [1], Tab. 1a-1b. Wien : Title Page  :
 p.128 - n.7
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Austria - near Vienna