''Acleris bicolor'' is a species of

moth Moths are a paraphyletic group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not butterflies, with moths making up the vast majority of the order. There are thought to be approximately 160,000 species of moth, many of w ...

of the family

Tortricidae The Tortricidae are a family of moths, commonly known as tortrix moths or leafroller moths, in the order Lepidoptera. This large family has over 11,000 species described, and is the sole member of the superfamily Tortricoidea, although the genu ...

. It is found in

Japan Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan, while extending from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north ...

. The length of the forewings is 9 mm for males and 11 mm for females. The ground colour of the forewings is bicolored. The costal area is orange yellow, with a darker orange apical portion. The remaining area is metallic leaden, with scattered pale greyish-brown and yellow scales. The hindwings are brownish grey, but darker apically and lighter dorsally and basally., 1963: Descriptions of three new and one unrecorded species of the genus ''Acleris'' HB. ''Tyô to Ga'' 14 (3): 70-75. Abstract and full article

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Moths described in 1963 bicolor Moths of Japan {{Tortricini-stub