Acleris hastiana
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Tortricidae |
Genus: | Acleris |
Species: | A. hastiana
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Acleris hastiana is a moth of the family Tortricidae. It is found in Europe, northern Iran, Kazakhstan, Ala Tau, central Siberia, Irkutsk, the Amur region and China.[2] In North America it is found from the north-eastern United States across southern Canada to British Columbia and south along the Pacific Coast to California.

The wingspan is about 20 mm.Thorax with strong longitudinal crest. Forewings oblong, grey, ochreous-brown, or dark purplish-fuscous; tufts slight; veins sometimes pale, seldom broadly whitish-ochreous; edge of basal patch sometimes dark marked; central fascia and costal patch confluent, darker or red-brown, often obsolete; sometimes a white subcostal streak edged beneath with blackish, or an ochreous and ferruginous median longitudinal streak, or dorsum broadly whitish- ochreous. Hindwings light grey, somewhat darker-strigulated. Larva pale green; head and plate of 2 often brownish-tinged, sometimes black. [3]
It is a very variable species, with dozens of named forms, and many intermediate types, which has led to its description by over 125 synonyms.[4] Some forms closely resemble Acleris cristana so certain identification requires microscopic examination of the genitalia.[5]
Adults are on the wing from June to July and again in August. There are two generations in much of its range.
The larvae feed on Salix species in Europe. First instar larvae bore into buds. Later instars feed in spun leaves. Other recorded food plants include Vaccinium, Andromeda, Ceanothus, Gaylussacia, Quercus and Rhododendron.
The species epithet hastiana was given by Carl Linnaeus in honor of his student, the Finnish physician Barthold Rudolf Hast, who studied natural sciences under Linnaeus at Uppsala University.[6]
References
[edit]- ^ tortricidae.com
- ^ Check List of the Tribe Tortricini (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae) in Northeast china, with Two Newly Recorded Species from China
- ^ 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
- ^ Bradley, J.D.; Tremewan, W.G.; Smith, A. 1973 British Tortricoid Moths [Vols 1+2] Ray Society 1973-1979, London.
- ^ Julius von Kennel. 1921, The Palaearktischen Tortriciden, eine monographische Darstellung. Stuttgart: E. Schweizerbart'sche Verlagsbuchhandlung. 742 pp. - Palaearctic Tortricidae, a monograph.pdf at Zobodat 70-73
- ^ "Rudolf Hast". National Biography of Finland (via Biografiasampo) (in Finnish). Retrieved 2025-06-25.
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