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Ancylis upupana is a moth of the family Tortricidae. It is found in most of Europe (except Iceland, Ireland, the Iberian Peninsula and most of the Balkan Peninsula), east to Russia and China.

Ancylis upupana
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Tortricidae
Genus:	Ancylis
Species:	A. upupana
Binomial name
Ancylis upupana (Treitschke, 1835)
Synonyms
Phoxopteris upupana Treitschke, 1835 Phoxopteris castaneana Peyerimhoff, 1863

The wingspan is 13–20 mm. Adults are on wing from May to June. There is one generation per year.

The larvae feed on Ulmus, Betula and Quercus. They spin a folded leaf or multiple leaves together into a pod and feed from within. It partly skeletonises the leaves.

References

External links

• UKmoths
• Lepiforum.de

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