''Acleris rufana'' is a
moth of the family
Tortricidae. It is found from northern, central and south-western
Europe through southern
Siberia to the
Russian Far East and
Japan
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The
wingspan is about 19 mm. The thorax has a slight posterior crest. The forewings are suboblong, light yellow ochreous to dark grey. The tufts are slight and the costa is usually suffused with whitish from base to beyond middle. Sometimes there is a grey or fuscous triangular blotch on the costa posteriorly, and a dorsal spot towards the base and sometimes a ferruginous central longitudinal streak to the apex. The hindwings are pale grey, the apex darker. The larva is dark grey, blackish, or blackish-green; head black or dark brown; plate of 2 black.
[ Julius von Kennel, 1921, ''The Palaearktischen Tortriciden, eine monographische Darstellung''. Stuttgart: E. Schweizerbart'sche Verlagsbuchhandlung. 742 pp. - Palaearctic Tortricidae, a monograp]
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Adults are on wing from August to October. The adult moths hibernate over winter and can reappear in spring.
The larvae mainly feed on ''
Myrica gale'', but have also been recorded on ''
Salix''.
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UKmoths
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Moths described in 1775
Moths of Asia
Tortricidae of Europe
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