Acleris platynotana

Acleris platynotana
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Clade:	Euarthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Tortricidae
Genus:	Acleris
Species:	A. platynotana
Binomial name
	Acleris platynotana; (Walsingham, 1900)[1]
Synonyms
	Oxygrapha platynotana Walsingham, 1900; Peronea ocydroma Meyrick, in Caradja & Meyrick, 1935; Peronea oxydroma Caradja, 1939;

Acleris platynotana is a species of moth of the family Tortricidae. It is found in China, Japan (Hokkaido, Honshu) and the Russian Far East. The habitat consists of rhododendron groves and black birch-oak-pine forests.

The wingspan is 16–21 mm.^[2] Adults have been recorded on wing from May to June and again from August to October in Japan.^[3]

The larvae feed on Ilex pedunculosa, Lyonia ovalifolia, Rhododendron kaempferi, Rhododendron molle and Quercus glauca.^[4] They feed within the rolled leaves of their host plant. Larvae can be found in June. The species overwinters as an adult.

References

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[1] tortricidae.com

[2] Japanese Moths

[3] Lepidopterous Fauna of the USSR and Adjacent Countries

[4] Tortricidae Food Plant Database