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Acleris sparsana is a moth of the family Tortricidae found in Europe and Iran. It was first described in 1775 by the Austrian lepidopterists Michael Denis and Ignaz Schiffermüller.

Acleris sparsana
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Tortricidae
Genus:	Acleris
Species:	A. sparsana
Binomial name
Acleris sparsana (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775)[1]
Synonyms
List Tortrix sparsana [Denis & Schiffermuller], 1775 Peronea fagana Curtis, 1834 Tortrix favillaceana Hubner, [1796-1799] Tortrix halliana Thunberg & Becklin, 1791 Peronea sparsana haworthana Sheldon, 1930 (form) Teras lividana Treitschke, 1835 Teras malivorana Ragonot, 1875 Teras pyrivorana Ragonot, 1875 Tortrix reticulana Haworth, [1811] Pyralis roborana Fabricius, 1787 Teras sparsana var. ruptana Lienig & Zeller, 1846 Pyralis sponsana Fabricius, 1787 Tortrix tristana Haworth, [1811]

Description

The wingspan is 18–22 mm.[2] The forewings are light greyish-ochreous, obscurely strigulated with grey base, central fascia, and costal patch indistinctly darker, fascia darkest towards costa. The hindwings are pale grey.[3] The moth flies from June to May of the following year.

Larvae at first live in a slight web on the underside of a leaf of beech (Fagus species), hornbeam (Carpinus), sycamore (Acer pseudoplatanus) or field maple (Acer campestre). Later, it constructs a chamber between spun leaves as a base from which to feed on the surrounding foliage. Pupation occurs on the leaves, or in a slight cocoon on the ground. The adult hibernates.

Distribution

It is found from western Europe to the Caucasus and Iran.[4]

References

External links

• waarneming.nl (in Dutch).
• Lepidoptera of Belgium

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