Species Details

ABH: 49.073

BF: 1047

Family: Tortricidae

Subfamily: Tortricinae

Taxon: Acleris schalleriana

Authority: (Linnaeus, 1761)

Vernacular: Viburnum Tortrix

Account: Local in gardens and woodland throughout much of England and Wales, rare in Ireland The moderately rough-scaled anterior margin of the forewing and the enlarged costal blotch, which extends to near the apex, distinguish this species from A. laterana and A. comariana [Bradley]. Larva feeds on Guelder-rose and Wayfaring-tree, living within a spun or rolled leaf.

Accounts provided by and used with the kind permission of Mike Wall, Hampshire County Moth Recorder. These will in due course be gradually replaced with species accounts with a Surrey context.

Wingspan: 15 — 20 mm

Surrey Flight Period: 7 Jan (2017) — 28 Dec (2011)

The flight period of overwintering adults are not given. See the flight chart below the distribution map.

Foodplant: Viburnum lantana (Wayfaring-tree), Viburnum opulus (Guelder-rose).

Foodplant accounts are from the HOSTS database — Natural History Museum, London, UK. (CC0).

Status: Local

UK BAP:

WCA:

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Further Information: https://www.ukmoths.org.uk/species/acleris-schalleriana/
Statistics

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 46

Individuals: 3

Earliest Year: 1997

Latest Year: 2024

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