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Tortricidae : Tortricinae

Acleris hastiana

ACLERIS hastiana (Linnaeus, 1758)

Kind permission - © Tim Norriss

Life Cycle Guide

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Description

 Wingspan: 17-24mm
Worldwide Distribution: Europe - excluding (Azores,Balearis Is.,Bulgaria,Canary Is.,Crete,Croatia,Cyprus,Madeira,Malta & Siciliy) : N.Iran : Kazakhtan : Ala Tau : C.Siberia : Irkutsk : Amur : N Africa : Canada : USA :
UK Distribution: Common throughout the British Isles
UK Conservation Status -

• Common = > 300 10km squares

European Conservation Status -

• Least Concern

Original Species Name -

• Phalaena (Tortrix) hastiana (Linnaeus, 1758)

Type Species - Acleris

• Tortrix aspersana (Hübner, 1817)

Type Locality -

• Europe

Flight Period: June - July & August overwintering second brood adult- Bivoltine
Habitat: Woodland : Heathland : Hedgerows : Dunes : Fens
Similar Species -

• Acleris abietana (Hübner, [1822])
• Acleris aspersana (Hübner, [1817])
• Acleris cristana ([Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775)
• Acleris shepherdana (Stephens, 1852)
• Acleris umbrana (Hübner, [1799])

Larva: Final instar is pale green or yellow with a brownish-yellow head.Prothoracic shield same colour as body.In early instars head and  prothoracic shiled are black.
Spring females deposit eggs on bark or on branches whereas summer females deposit eggs on terminal shoots where the early instar bores into the buds.Later instar larva feed within terminal leaf, spun together with silk.
Pupa: Pupates within spun leaf or on the ground
Overwinters as: Second generation Adult
Observations: This moth can be confused with other species of Acleris shown above due to the highly variable wing pattern representing as many as 100 forms for the species. The wing patterns can be seen as either longitudinal or transverse or a combination of the two.
The forewing costa is curved from the base and straight from the middle to the apex,also with numerous small scale tufts near the middle of the wing which help in separating the similar species.
The male has no forewing costal fold.

The moth occasionally flies at dusk and is attracted to light.

Photo Gallery

Acleris hastiana - (Linnaeus, 1758) - Cholderton, Hants - 7 May 2016 - © Tim Norriss

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.

• Betulaceae - The Birch Family
  • Betula papyrifera - Paper Birch
• Ericaceae - Heather Family
  • Andromeda polifolia - Marsh Andromeda, Bog rosemary
• Fagaceae - Oak - Chestnut - Beech Family
  • Quercus dumosa -  Coastal Sage Scrub Oak
• Myricaceae - Wax-myrtle Family
  • Myrica gale - Bog Myrtle
• Rhamnaceae - The Buckthorn Family
  • Ceanothus thyrsiflorus - Blueblossom
  • Rhamnus frangula - Alder Buckthorn 
• Rosaceae - The Rose Family
  • Prunus spinosa - Blackthorn - Sloe (Britain)
• Salicaceae - Willow Family
  • Populus alba - White Poplar
  • Populus balsamifera - Balsam Poplar
  • Populus tremuloides - American Aspen-Poplar
  • Salix aurita - Eared Sallow
  • Salix babylonica - Weeping Willow
  • Salix caprea - Goat Willow
  • Salix cinerea - Grey Willow
  • Salix fragilis - Crack Willow
  • Salix hookeriana - Dune Willow
  • Salix laevigata - Red Willow, Polished Willow
  • Salix lasiolepis - Arroyo willow, Bigelow's willow
  • Salix repens - Creeping Willow
  • Salix scouleriana - Scouler's Willow 
  • Salix sessilifolia - Northwest Sandbar Willow
    
  • Salix sitchensis - Sitka Willow
    
  • Salix viminalis - Osier

Larval Food Plants

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Animalia
Eumetozoa
Arthropoda
Hexapoda
Insecta
Lepidoptera
Tortricoidea
Tortricidae
Tortricinae
Tortricini
ACLERIS Hübner 1825
Acleris hastiana (Linnaeus, 1758)
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Tortrix aspersana (Hübner, 1817)
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PHALAENA (Tortrix) hastiana (Linnaeus, 1758)
= Tortrix coronana Thunberg, 1784
= Pyralis borana Fabricius, 1787
= Phalaena byringerana Hübner, 1793
= Pyralis liberana Fabricius, 1798
= Tortrix albistriana Haworth, 1811
= Tortrix eximiana Haworth, 1811
= Acleris autumnana Hübner 1814/17
= Tortrix furvana Charpentier & Zincken, 1821
= Eclestis bollingerana Hübner, [1825]
= Teleia veterana Hübner, [1825]
= Tortrix leprosana Frölich, 1828
= Peronea centrovittana Stephens, 1834
= Peronea ramostriana Stephens, 1834
= Peronea subcristana Stephens, 1834
=Peronea obsoletana Stephens, 1834
= Peronea leachana Curtis, 1835
= Peronea leucophaeana Humphreys & Westwood, 1845
= Teras pulverosana Walker, 1863
= Teras basilinea Fettig, 1882
= Acalla hastiana (ab.) unicolor Müller-Rutz, 1924
= Acalla hastiana (ab.) nigrobasis Müller-Rutz, 1924
= Acalla hastiana (ab.) confusa Müller-Rutz, 1924
= Acalla hastiana (ab.) mixta Müller-Rutz, 1924
= Acalla hastiana (ab.) cuprea Müller-Rutz, 1924
= Acalla hastiana (var.) brunnea Müller-Rutz, 1924
= Teras hastianum
= Acleris logiana
= Teras scabrana
= Peronea umbrana
= Acalla scabrana
= Acalla maccana
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Syst. Nat. (Edn 10) 1 : Title Page : p.532 - n.222
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Europe