Tortricidae : Tortricinae
Acleris kochiella
ACLERIS kochiella (Goeze, 1783)
Acleris kochiella
ACLERIS kochiella (Goeze, 1783)
Kind permission - © Tim Norriss
Life Cycle Guide
Description
Vernacular Name: Elm Button
Wingspan: 15-18mm
Worldwide Distribution: Europe - (excluding - Azores,Balearic Is.,Bulgaria,Canary is.,Crete,Croatia,Cyprus,Denmark,Finland,Greece,Ireland,
Lithuania,Luxembourg,Madeira,Malta,Norway & Portugal) : Kazakhstan : Ural : Irkutsk : China
UK Distribution: Distributed throughout southern England
UK Conservation Status -
Habitat: Woodland : Hedgerows
Similar Species -
Overwinters as: Adult
Observations: The summer brood forewing is white,sparsely speckled with black triangular patch located at half towards the apex and on thorax whereas the autumn specimens tend to be greyer,sometimes with yellowish and black scales,looking very similar to A.logiana.The summer broods of these two species are difficult to separate due to the variable nature of this moth.
Can be disturbed from host plant during the day,flies at dusk and is attracted to light.
Wingspan: 15-18mm
Worldwide Distribution: Europe - (excluding - Azores,Balearic Is.,Bulgaria,Canary is.,Crete,Croatia,Cyprus,Denmark,Finland,Greece,Ireland,
Lithuania,Luxembourg,Madeira,Malta,Norway & Portugal) : Kazakhstan : Ural : Irkutsk : China
UK Distribution: Distributed throughout southern England
UK Conservation Status -
- Local = 101 - 300 10km squares
- Least Concern
- Phalaena kochiella (Goeze, 1783)
- Tortrix aspersana (Hübner, 1817)
- Country unknown,locality unknown
Habitat: Woodland : Hedgerows
Similar Species -
- Acleris logiana (Clerck, 1759)
Overwinters as: Adult
Observations: The summer brood forewing is white,sparsely speckled with black triangular patch located at half towards the apex and on thorax whereas the autumn specimens tend to be greyer,sometimes with yellowish and black scales,looking very similar to A.logiana.The summer broods of these two species are difficult to separate due to the variable nature of this moth.
Can be disturbed from host plant during the day,flies at dusk and is attracted to light.
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.
- Ulmaceae - Elm Family
- Planera aquatica - Water-Elm
- Ulmus glabra - Wych Elm - Scots Elm
- Ulmus procera - English Elm - Antinian Elm - Common Elm
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 kochiella (Goeze, 1783) - Tortrix aspersana (Hübner, 1817) - PHALAENA kochiella (Goeze, 1783) = Pyralis boscana Fabricius, 1794 = Glyphiptera spectrana Duponchel, 1835 = Glyphiptera ulmana Duponchel, 1835 = Leptogramma parisiana Guenée, 1845 = Acalla boscana = Acleris boscana = Teras niveana = boscana parisiana = Acalla nivisellana = Peronea scabrana = Acleris obtusana - Goeze, 1783; Entomologische Beyträge zu des Ritter Linné zwölften Ausgabe des Natursystems Ent. Beyträge 3 (4) : Title Page : 166 - n.281 - Country unknown,locality unknown |