Acleris literana

Acleris literana
Acleris literana
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Tortricidae
Genus: Acleris
Species: A. literana
Binomial name
Acleris literana
(Linnaeus, 1758)
Synonyms
  • Phalaena (Tortrix) literana Linnaeus, 1758
  • Oxigrapha abjectana Hubner, [1825] 1816
  • Acleris literana ab. adustana Bradley, 1962
  • Oxigrapha aerugana Hubner, [1825] 1816
  • Tortrix asperana [Denis & Schiffermuller], 1775
  • Oxigrapha literana ab. brunneana Sheldon, 1931
  • Acleris literana ab. dorsomaculana Bradley, 1962
  • Acleris literana ab. dorsosquamana Bradley, 1962
  • Oxigrapha literana ab. flavana Sheldon, 1921
  • Oxigrapha literana ab. fulvana Sheldon, 1931
  • Acleris literana ab. fulvirrorana Bradley, 1962
  • Acleris literana ab. fulvodorsana Bradley, 1962
  • Oxigrapha literana ab. fulvoliterana Sheldon, 1921
  • Oxigrapha literana ab. fulvomaculana Sheldon, 1921
  • Leptogramma fulvomixtana Stephens, 1834
  • Oxigrapha literana ab. griseana Sheldon, 1921
  • Tortrix irrorana Hubner, [1796-1799]
  • Leptogramma irrorana
  • Acleris literana ab. irroroliterana Bradley, 1962
  • Oxigrapha literana ab. mixtana Sheldon, 1921
  • Acalla literana ssp. multipunctata Schawerda, 1936
  • Acalla literana ab. nigrofasciana Preissecker, 1913
  • Acleris literana ab. nigroliterana Bradley, 1962
  • Oxigrapha literana ab. nigromaculana Sheldon, 1921
  • Oxigrapha notatana Hubner, [1825] 1816
  • Acleris literana ab. olivariana Bradley, 1962
  • Pyralis romanana Fabricius, 1787
  • Acalla literana sardivola Schawerda, 1936
  • Pyralis squamana Fabricius, 1775
  • Phalaena (Tortrix) squamulana Hubner, 1793
  • Acleris literana ab. subfulvoliterana Bradley, 1962
  • Acleris literana ab. subfulvomixtana Bradley, 1962
  • Acleris literana ab. subliterana Bradley, 1962
  • Oxigrapha literana ab. suffusana Sheldon, 1921
  • Tortrix tricolorana Haworth, [1811]

The Sprinkled Rough-wing (Acleris literana) is a moth of the Tortricidae family. It is found in most of Europe. It is also found in the Near East.

Illustration from John Curtis's British Entomology Volume 6

It is a variable species and many different forms have been described, but all have a combination of pale green ground colour with whitish and blackish markings.

The wingspan is 18-21 mm. Adults are on wing from August to September and again from April to May after overwintering as an adult.

The larvae feed on Quercus species. They live between leaves spun together with silk.

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