Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods) ➔ Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods) ➔ Class Insecta (Insects) ➔ Order Lepidoptera (Butterflies and moths) ➔ Family Tortricidae (Leafroller moths)
Acleris forsskaleana (Linnaeus, 1758)
Ahornwickler Maple Button
Synonyms and other combinations:
Phalaena forsskaleana Linnaeus, 1758 [original combination] |
Further vernacular names:
Maple Leaftier MothClassification:
Acleris forsskaleana belongs to the subfamily Tortricinae, tribe Tortricini.Distribution:
Europe, North America.Habitat:
Woodland, parks, gardens.Description:
The Maple Button Acleris forsskaleana has a wing span of 12 - 17 mm. The forewings have a whitish or pale yellowish basic coloring with a distictive reticulated brown pattern.The specimens can look very different due to a variably sized greyish suffusion across the centre of the forewings.
Biology:
The moths fly from June to September from dusk onwards.The main foodplants of the species are field maple (Acer campestre), sycamore (Acer pseudoplatanus) and Norway maple (Acer platanoides).
Acleris forsskaleana hibernates as a caterpillar. The caterpillars feed and develop well protected in a longitudinally folded or rolled leaf. In this shelter the adult caterpillars pupate in a white silk cocoon. The new generation hatches in June.
Acleris forsskaleana forms one generation per year.
References, further reading, links:
- Aethes sanguinana
- Aethes sp.
- Aphelia sp.
- Clepsis coriacanus
- Dichrorampha sp.
- Gypsonoma sociana/dealbana
- Tortricidae sp.
- Arched Marble
- Aspen Roller
- Barred Fruit-tree Tortrix
- Birch Marble
- Bramble Shoot Moth
- Brassy Tortrix
- Brindled Tortrix
- Brown Oak Tortrix
- Brown-barred Tortrix
- Buckthorn Roller
- Coast Spurge Bell
- Cock's-head Bell
- Colt’s-foot Bell
- Common Birch Bell
- Common Marble
- Common Roller
- Common Tortrix
- Dark-barred Tortrix
- Green Oak Tortrix
- Hoary Bell
- Hook-marked Straw Moth
- Large Fruit-tree Tortrix
- Maple Button
- Marbled Orchard Tortrix
- May Shade
- Notch-wing Button
- Nut Bud Moth
- Orange-spot Piercer
- Red Piercer
- Red Roller
- Rose Tortrix
- Shoulder-spot Marble
- Small Birch Bell
- Spruce Seed Moth
- Summer Fruit Tortrix
- Triple-stripe Piercer
- Vagrant Piercer
- Variable Bell
- Variegated Golden Tortrix
- Vetch Piercer
- White-faced Tortrix
- White-shouldered Marble
- Winter Shade
- Woodland Marble
- Yellow Oak Button
- Yellow-spot Tortrix