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Golden leafroller moth
Acleris holmiana Moscow Oblast
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Tortricidae
Genus:	Acleris
Species:	A. holmiana
Binomial name
Acleris holmiana (Linnaeus, 1758)
Synonyms
Phalaena (Tortrix) holmiana Linnaeus, 1758

Acleris holmiana, the golden leafroller moth, is a moth of the family Tortricidae. It is found in most of Europe and Asia Minor.

The wingspan is about 10–15 mm. The forewings are suboblong, deep orange -ferruginous, yellower towards dorsum anteriorly, suffusedly streaked transversely with pale violet, sometimes mixed posteriorly with whitish and blackish scales. Tufts are absent and there is a triangular white often black-edged costal blotch beyond middle. The cilia are ochreous-yellowish, on tornus dark grey. The hindwings are grey, darker posteriorly. The larva is yellowish with a pale brown head. Julius von Kennel provides a full description.

Adults are on wing from July to August. There is one generation per year.

The larvae feed on a various rosaceous trees and shrubs including Crataegus, Rubus, Pyrus, Prunus, Cydonia, Rosa and Malus.

References

1. Fauna Europaea
2. Meyrick, E., 1895 A Handbook of British Lepidoptera MacMillan, London pdf This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain. Keys and description
3. Bradley, J.D.; Tremewan, W.G.; Smith, A. 1973 British Tortricoid Moths Ray Society 1973-1979, London.
4. Julius von Kennel, 1921, The Palaearktischen Tortriciden, eine monographische Darstellung. Stuttgart: E. Schweizerbart'sche Verlagsbuchhandlung. 742 pp. - Palaearctic Tortricidae, a monograph.pdf at Zobodat 97-98
5. UKmoths
6. Eurasian Tortricidae Archived July 24, 2011, at the Wayback Machine

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