Acleris literana

Acleris literana, the sprinkled rough-wing, is a moth of the family Tortricidae. The species was first described by Carl Linnaeus in his 1758 10th edition of Systema Naturae. It is found in most of Europe and in the Near East.

Illustration from John Curtis's British Entomology Volume 6

Acleris literana
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Tortricidae
Genus:	Acleris
Species:	A. literana
Binomial name
Acleris literana (Linnaeus, 1758)[1]
Synonyms
Phalaena (Tortrix) literana Linnaeus, 1758 Oxigrapha abjectana Hübner, [1825] 1816 Acleris literana ab. adustana Bradley, 1962 Oxigrapha aerugana Hübner, [1825] 1816 Tortrix asperana [Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775 Oxigrapha literana ab. brunneana Sheldon, 1931 Acleris literana ab. dorsomaculana Bradley, 1962 Acleris literana ab. dorsosquamana Bradley, 1962 Oxigrapha literana ab. flavana Sheldon, 1921 Oxigrapha literana ab. fulvana Sheldon, 1931 Acleris literana ab. fulvirrorana Bradley, 1962 Acleris literana ab. fulvodorsana Bradley, 1962 Oxigrapha literana ab. fulvoliterana Sheldon, 1921 Oxigrapha literana ab. fulvomaculana Sheldon, 1921 Leptogramma fulvomixtana Stephens, 1834 Oxigrapha literana ab. griseana Sheldon, 1921 Tortrix irrorana Hübner, [1796-1799] Leptogramma irrorana Acleris literana ab. irroroliterana Bradley, 1962 Oxigrapha literana ab. mixtana Sheldon, 1921 Acalla literana ssp. multipunctata Schawerda, 1936 Acalla literana ab. nigrofasciana Preissecker, 1913 Acleris literana ab. nigroliterana Bradley, 1962 Oxigrapha literana ab. nigromaculana Sheldon, 1921 Oxigrapha notatana Hübner, [1825] 1816 Acleris literana ab. olivariana Bradley, 1962 Pyralis romanana Fabricius, 1787 Acalla literana sardivola Schawerda, 1936 Pyralis squamana Fabricius, 1775 Phalaena (Tortrix) squamulana Hübner, 1793 Acleris literana ab. subfulvoliterana Bradley, 1962 Acleris literana ab. subfulvomixtana Bradley, 1962 Acleris literana ab. subliterana Bradley, 1962 Oxigrapha literana ab. suffusana Sheldon, 1921 Tortrix tricolorana Haworth, [1811]

It is a variable species and many different forms have been described, but all have a combination of pale green ground colour with whitish and blackish markings.

The wingspan is 18–21 mm. Adults are on wing from August to September and again from April to May after overwintering as an adult.

The larvae feed on Quercus species. They live between leaves spun together with silk.