Tortricidae

49.078 Small Rufous Tortrix Acleris aspersana (Hübner, [1817])

Common

Similar species:

Forewing: 5 to 7.5mm

Habitats: Chalk downland, sea-cliffs and coastal slopes, heathland and marshes.

Habits: It flies in the afternoon and evening and later comes to light.

Foodplant: The larva feeds from a folded leaf or spun leaves of Meadowsweet, Dropwort, Silverweed, Tormentil, cinquefoils, Wild Strawberry, Salad Burnet, Common Rock-rose, Mountain Avens, Mountain Everlasting, Field Maple, Brambles, Eared Willow and probably other willows. It pupates in the larval spinning or a folded leaf.