Tortricidae : Olethreutinae
Ancylis achatana
ANCYLIS achatana ([Denis & Schiffermüller],1775)
Ancylis achatana
ANCYLIS achatana ([Denis & Schiffermüller],1775)
Life Cycle Guide
Description
Vernacular Name: Triangle-marked Roller
Wingspan: 14-18mm
Worldwide Distribution: Europe - less Portugal,Ukraine and some of the Mediterranean Islands
UK Distribution: Southern England,north to Yorkshire and west to southern Devon & Cornwall,east Wales - common - possibly expanding its range
UK Conservation Status -
Habitat: Woodland : Hedgerows : Gardens
Similar Species -
Overwinters as: Larva
Observations: The two major defining features when identifying this moth is firstly the dorsal patch just before the tornus which is dark brown with red brown and either triangular or square in shape(moth below is triangular)and the 45º dark brown patch half way along the costa that is interrupted by the forewing ground colour just short of joining the dorsal patch.
From the base to the antemedial line is another brown area which is broken intermittently by the forewing ground colour of light brown.
The forewings are broad with hook-like crease towards the rear of the wings.
The moth flies from dusk and is attracted to light.
Wingspan: 14-18mm
Worldwide Distribution: Europe - less Portugal,Ukraine and some of the Mediterranean Islands
UK Distribution: Southern England,north to Yorkshire and west to southern Devon & Cornwall,east Wales - common - possibly expanding its range
UK Conservation Status -
- Common =>300 10Km Squares
- Least Concern
- Phalaena ( Tortrix) achatana ([Denis & Schiffermüller],1775)
- Phalaena harpana Hübner, 1799
- Austria - near Vienna
Habitat: Woodland : Hedgerows : Gardens
Similar Species -
- None
Overwinters as: Larva
Observations: The two major defining features when identifying this moth is firstly the dorsal patch just before the tornus which is dark brown with red brown and either triangular or square in shape(moth below is triangular)and the 45º dark brown patch half way along the costa that is interrupted by the forewing ground colour just short of joining the dorsal patch.
From the base to the antemedial line is another brown area which is broken intermittently by the forewing ground colour of light brown.
The forewings are broad with hook-like crease towards the rear of the wings.
The moth flies from 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.
- Rosaceae - Rose Family
- Cotoneaster horizontalis - Horizontal Cotoneaster
- Malus pumila - Paradise Apple
- Prunus cerasus - Sour Cherry
- Prunus domestica - Plum - European Plum
- Prunus spinosa - Sloe - Blackthorn
- Note - Larvae also feed on the following plant families
- Rosaceae - Crataegus - Hawthorn
- Rosaceae - Crataegus - Hawthorn
- 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 Olethreutinae Enarmoniini ANCYLIS Hübner, [1825] Ancylis achatana ([Denis & Schiffermüller],1775) - Tortrix harpana Hübner, 1799 - PHALAENA (Tortrix) achatana ([Denis & Schiffermüller],1775) - 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.131 - n 27 - Austria - near Vienna |