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Acleris aspersana

Acleris aspersana
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Tortricidae
Genus:	Acleris
Species:	A. aspersana
Binomial name
Acleris aspersana (Hubner, [1814-1817])[1]
Synonyms
Tortrix aspersana Hubner, [1814-1817] Tortrix adspersana Frolich, 1828 Tortrix decosseana Ragonot, 1894 Tortrix modeeriana Zetterstedt, 1839 Acalla pedemontana Della Beffa, 1934 Paramesia subtripunctulana Stephens, 1831

Acleris aspersana, the ginger button, is a species of moth of the family Tortricidae. It is found in Europe, where it has been recorded from Ireland, Great Britain, France, the Benelux, Germany, Denmark, Austria, Switzerland, Italy, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Slovenia, Croatia, Hungary, Bulgaria, Romania, Poland, Norway, Sweden, Finland, the Baltic region and Russia.^[2] It is also found in the Near East and the eastern Palearctic realm. Their habitat consists of meadows and forest edges.

The wingspan is 11–17 mm for males and 11–14 mm for females. The forewings are bright orange yellow or luteous buff, slightly irrorated with brunneous. The base of the costa also brunneous, followed by several small dots of the same colour before the middle of the costa, where a curved broad streak of the same colour arises, and extends to the apex of the wing, having a small pale patch on the costa, the apical portion of the patch more distinctly marked with three or four darker oblique abbreviated dashes, along the apical margin of the wing is also a slender line of brunneous. The hind wings are shining and very pale brown.^[3][4][5]

Adults are on wing from July to August.

The larvae feed from within rolled-up leaves of various herbaceous plants, including Spiraea, Ledum palustre, Potentilla erecta, Alchemilla vulgaris, Poterium, Malus sylvestris, Rubus, Dryas octopetala, Fragaria, Filipendula, Helianthemum, Aruncus and Sanguisorba minor. Larvae can be found from May to June.

The moth prefers open areas such as grasslands, downs, and heaths. The species is most commonly found in the British Isles and Northern Europe.^[6]

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^ Henry Noel Humphreys with John Obadiah Westwood British Moths and Their Transformations. London: William Smith, 1843-1845. 2 Volumes. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.