Acleris caerulescens

Acleris caerulescens
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Tortricidae
Genus: Acleris
Species: A. caerulescens
Binomial name
Acleris caerulescens
(Walsingham, 1900)[1]
Synonyms
  • Oxygrapha caerulescens Walsingham, 1900
  • Acleris caruelescens Razowski, 1991
  • Rhacodia staudingeri Kennel, 1901

Acleris caerulescens is a species of moth of the Tortricidae family. It is found in the Russian Far East (Ussuri), eastern China and Japan.[2]

The wingspan is about 24 mm. The forewings are blue-grey with four greyish brown transverse lines. There is a creamy white patch on the costa, preceded and followed by chestnut brown and another smaller creamy brown patch beyond this. The hindwings are greyish brown.[3]

The larvae feed on Pterocarya rhoifolia[4] and Juglans species.

References

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