Tortricidae

49.063 Yellow Rose Tortrix Acleris bergmanniana (Linnaeus, 1758)

Common

Similar species:

Forewing: 5.5 to 7mm

Habitats: Open woodland, scrub, hedgerows, sand-dunes and gardens.

Habits: The moth is easily disturbed in the day. It flies from late afternoon and later comes to light.

Foodplant: The larva at first occupies a folded leaf and later it spins the flowers and terminal shoots of roses. It pupates in its spinning or in the folded edge to a leaf.

On the European mainland Purging Buckthorn and Alder Buckthorn are recorded as foodplants.