Acleris extensana

Acleris extensana is a species of moth of the family Tortricidae first described by Francis Walker in 1863.[2] It is found in Sri Lanka,[3] India (Assam, Punjab), China[4] and Vietnam.

Acleris extensana
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Tortricidae
Genus: Acleris
Species:
A. extensana
Binomial name
Acleris extensana
(Walker, 1863)[1]
Synonyms
  • Teras extensana Walker, 1863
  • Peronea agrioma Meyrick, 1920
  • Oxygrapha comparana Walsingham, in Swinhoe, 1900
  • Peronea dictylodes Diakonoff, 1947
  • Oxygrapha dictyodes Meyrick, 1907
  • Teras divisana Walker, 1863

The wingspan is 16–18 mm. The forewings are fuscous, irrorated (sprinkled) with white. The veins and transverse strigulae are fuscous. The hindwings are light grey, faintly strigulated with darker.[5]

The larvae feed on Malus (including Malus sylvestris), Pyrus and Rosa species.[6][7]

References
  1. Tortricid.net
  2. "Species Details: Acleris extensana Walker, 1863". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 29 July 2018.
  3. Koçak, Ahmet Ömer; Kemal, Muhabbet (20 February 2012). "Preliminary list of the Lepidoptera of Sri Lanka". Cesa News. Centre for Entomological Studies Ankara (79): 1–57 – via Academia.
  4. Savela, Markku. "Acleris extensana (Walker, 1863)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved October 2, 2018.
  5. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 17 (3): 734
  6. Tortricidae Food Plant Database
  7. Diakonoff, A. (1982). "On a Collection of Some Families of Micro-Lepidoptera from Sri Lanka (Ceylon)". Zoologische Verhandelingen. 193: 1–124 – via Naturalis Biodiversity Center.


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