Acleris notana (Donovan,1806)
rusty birch button
parasite
Larvae between spun young leaves
host plants
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), Steeman & Sierens (2019a).