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Acleris maccana

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Acleris maccana
Illustration from John Curtis's British Entomology Volume 6
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A. maccana
Binomial name
Acleris maccana
(Treitschke, 1835)
Synonyms
  • Teras maccana Treitschke, 1835
  • Teras basalticola Staudinger, 1857
  • Peronea maccana f. canescana Sheldon, 1930
  • Teras fishiana Fernald, 1882
  • Teras leporinana Zetterstedt, 1839
  • Peronea marmorana Curtis, 1834
  • Spilonota marmorana (Curtis, 1834)
  • Tortrix repandana Werneburg, 1864
  • Peronea maccana f. suffusana Sheldon, 1930
  • Teras torquana Zetterstedt, 1839

Acleris maccana, the marbled dog’s-tooth tortrix, is a moth of the family Tortricidae. It is found from Europe, east across the boreal regions to Siberia. In North America it occurs across much of the boreal forest region, south in the mountains in the east.

The wingspan is 19–25 mm. Adults are on wing in late fall and again in early spring. There is one generation per year.

The larvae feed on deciduous trees and shrubs, including Myrica (including Myrica gale), Vaccinium (including Vaccinium myrtillus and Vaccinium uliginosum), Rhododendron, Malus, Betula, Salix and Populus species. They live between leaves spun together with silk.