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Ancylis obtusana

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Ancylis obtusana
Ancylis obtusana. Upperside
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Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Tortricidae
Genus: Ancylis
Species:
A. obtusana
Binomial name
Ancylis obtusana
(Haworth, 1811)
Synonyms
  • Tortrix obtusana Haworth, 1811
  • Anchylopera consobrinana Curtis, 1831
  • Grapholitha distortana Guenee, 1845
  • Tortrix (Steganoptycha) segmentana Herrich-Schaffer, 1851

Ancylis obtusana, the small buckthorn roller, is a moth of the family Tortricidae.[1]

Distribution and habitat

This species is present in most of Europe, in the eastern Palearctic realm, and in the Near East.[2] These moths inhabit marginal areas of forests where host plants grow.[3]

Description

Ancylis obtusana has a wingspan of about 12 millimetres (0.47 in). Forewings are red brown, with a rounded reddish patch and costa stringulated (finely streaked) with white and brown. The hind wings are brownish. Similar species are Ancylis comptana and Ancylis mitterbacheriana.[3][4]

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.

  • Ancylis obtusana
    Ancylis obtusana
  • A. obtusana from Arnhem, the Netherlands
    A. obtusana from Arnhem, the Netherlands

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

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  1. ^ Biolib
  2. ^ Fauna europaea
  3. ^ a b GD Doremi
  4. ^ Keith P. Bland, J. Razowski, E.F. Hancock Tortricidae, part 2: Olethreutinae


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