Catastega aceriella

Catastega aceriella
	Larva
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Tortricidae
Genus:	Catastega
Species:	C. aceriella
Binomial name
	Catastega aceriella; Clemens, 1861[1][2]
Synonyms
	Hedya signatana Clemens, 1864; Grapholitha subnisana Zeller, 1875; Steganoptycha variana Clemens, 1864;

Catastega aceriella, the maple trumpet skeletonizer moth, is a moth of the Tortricidae family. It is found in North America from southern Ontario and Nova Scotia to North Carolina and Tennessee.

Damage

The wingspan is 13–17 mm. Adults are greyish brown. There may be more than one generation per year.

The larvae feed on Acer species.^[3] They skeletonise the leaves of their host, resulting in a trumpet construction.

References

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