Ancylis obtusana
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| Ancylis obtusana | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Section: | Cossina |
| Family: | Tortricidae |
| Genus: | Ancylis |
| Species: | A. obtusana |
| Binomial name | |
| Ancylis obtusana (Haworth, 1811) | |
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Ancylis obtusana, the Small Buckthorn Roller, is a moth of the Tortricidae family. [1]
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Ancylis obtusana
Description
Ancylis obtusana has a wingspan of about 12 millimetres (0.47 in).[2] Forewings are red-brown, with a rounded reddish patch and costa stringulated with white and brown. The hind wings are brownish. Similar species are Ancylis comptana and Ancylis mitterbacheriana. [3][4][5]
Biology
The adult moths fly from May to July. Larvae feed on alder buckthorn (Frangula alnus) and buckthorn (Rhamnus cathartica). They overwinter in leaves of these host plants that they spin together. [2][4]
Distribution
This species is present in most of Europe, in the East Palearctic ecozone and in the Near East. [6] These moths inhabit marginal areas of forests where host plants grow. [5]
Bibliography
- Erstbeschreibung: HAWORTH, A. H. (1803-1828): Lepidoptera britannica; sistens digestionem novam insectorum lepidopterorum quæ in Magna Britannia reperiuntur, larvarum pabulo, temporeque pascendi; expansione alarum; mensibusque volandi; synonymis atque locis observationibusque variis: I-XXXVI, 1-609. Londini (R. Taylor).
- HEPPNER, J. B. (1982): Dates of selected Lepidoptera literature for the western hemisphere fauna. — Journal of the Lepidopterologists' Society 36 (2): 87-111.
References
- ↑ Biolib
- 1 2 UK Moths
- ↑ Keith P. Bland, J. Razowski, E.F. Hancock Tortricidae, part 2: Olethreutinae
- 1 2 Lepidoptera
- 1 2 GD Doremi
- ↑ Fauna europaea
External links
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