Acleris notana (Donovan,1806)

rusty birch button

parasite

Larvae between spun young leaves

hostplants

Betulaceae, oligophagous

Betula pendula, pubescens.

Rarely Alnus glutinosa; Myrica gale.

phenology

Univoltine, hibernation as imago.

larva

Body pale green; head ± black; prothoracic plate blackish with median sulcus; pinacula inconspicuous.

synonyms

Acleris tripunctana (Hübner, 1793).

notes

Dauphin & Aniotsbehere write that the larvae induce a swelling of the tip of shoots of birches; they refer to Bradley ao, but that reference does not match.

references

Bradley, Tremewan & Smith (1973a), Dauphin & Aniotsbehere (1997a), Diakonoff & Dorst (1982a), Graham (2014a), Hancock & Bland (2015a), Pröse (1993a).