''Acleris elegans'' is a species of
moth of the family
Tortricidae. 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 ...
(Hokkaido).
The
wingspan is 14–16 mm.
Japanese Moths
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The larvae feed on ''Populus
''Populus'' is a genus of 25–30 species of deciduous flowering plants in the family Salicaceae, native to most of the Northern Hemisphere. English names variously applied to different species include poplar (), aspen, and cottonwood.
The we ...
'' species.
References
Moths described in 1956
elegans
Moths of Japan
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