Acleris platynotana

Acleris platynotana is a species of moth of the family Tortricidae. It is found in China, Japan (Hokkaido, Honshu) and the Russian Far East. The habitat consists of rhododendron groves and black birch-oak-pine forests.

Acleris platynotana
Acleris platynotana Walsingham, 1900, Alpensia Convention Centre, Pyeongchang, South Korea, 8 October 2014
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Tortricidae
Genus: Acleris
Species:
A. platynotana
Binomial name
Acleris platynotana
Synonyms
  • Oxygrapha platynotana Walsingham, 1900
  • Peronea ocydroma Meyrick, in Caradja & Meyrick, 1935
  • Peronea oxydroma Caradja, 1939

The wingspan is 16–21 mm (0.63–0.83 in).[2] Adults have been recorded on wing from May to June and again from August to October in Japan.[3]

The larvae feed on Ilex pedunculosa, Lyonia ovalifolia, Rhododendron kaempferi, Rhododendron molle and Quercus glauca.[4] They feed within the rolled leaves of their host plant. Larvae can be found in June. The species overwinters as an adult.

References
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  1. tortricidae.com
  2. Japanese Moths
  3. Lepidopterous Fauna of the USSR and Adjacent Countries
  4. Tortricidae Food Plant Database


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