Acleris shepherdana

Acleris shepherdana, the meadow-sweet button, is a species of moth of the family Tortricidae. It is found in Europe, where it has been recorded from Great Britain, France, the Benelux, Germany, Denmark, Austria, Switzerland, Italy, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Poland, Hungary, Norway, Sweden, Finland, the Baltic region and European Russia.[2] It is also found in the Russian Far East (Ussuri), Manchuria, Mongolia,[3] China and Japan.[4] The habitat consists of fens, marshes, river-banks and other damp areas.[5]

Acleris shepherdana
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Tortricidae
Genus: Acleris
Species:
A. shepherdana
Binomial name
Acleris shepherdana
(Stephens, 1852)[1]
Synonyms
  • Paramesia shepherdana Stephens, 1852

The wingspan is 13–16 mm. The wings are cinnamon-brown with a reticulate (net-like) pattern and a blackish plumbeous (lead colored) outer margin of the costal blotch. Adults are on wing from mid-June to the end of September.

The larvae feed on Spiraea ulmaria, Sanguisorba officinalis, Sanguisorba parviflora, Ulmaria and Filipendula species (including Filipendula kamtschatica). They live in spun shoots of their host plant. Larvae can be found from May to June. Pupation may take place in the larval feeding place, in a folded leaf-edge or on the ground.[6]

References
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  1. tortricidae.com
  2. Fauna Europaea
  3. Acleris at funet
  4. Check List of the Tribe Tortricini (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae) in Northeast china, with Two Newly Recorded Species from China
  5. Hants Moths
  6. Lepidoptera of Belgium


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