Common NameBlack-headed Birch LeafrollerIdentificationA small (approx. 2.0 cm wingspan) moth with whitish or pale grey squared forewings and grey hindwings. Forewing markings variable, with dark grey or rust markings indicating the inverse costal triangle – usually reduced to dark spots on the costa and in particular the dark discal dash at the apex of the "triangle". A few small spots or dots of the same color elsewhere on the forewings, in particular in the basal area. There is a series of raised white scales that form an inverse arc across the forewings when forewings when at rest. The dirty white or pale grey forewings with the few dark markings on the forewing will help distinguish this little moth.
Scientific NameAcleris logianaCommon Name
Black-headed Birch Leafroller
Habitat
Likely occurs throughout the boreal forest, foothills and lower elevations of the mountains in AB, wherever birch is present.
Identification
A small (approx. 2.0 cm wingspan) moth with whitish or pale grey squared forewings and grey hindwings. Forewing markings variable, with dark grey or rust markings indicating the inverse costal triangle – usually…
A small (approx. 2.0 cm wingspan) moth with whitish or pale grey squared forewings and grey hindwings. Forewing markings variable, with dark grey or rust markings indicating the inverse costal triangle – usually reduced to dark spots on the costa and in particular the dark discal dash at the apex of the "triangle". A few small spots or dots of the same color elsewhere on the forewings, in particular in the basal area. There is a series of raised white scales that form an inverse arc across the forewings when forewings when at rest. The dirty white or pale grey forewings with the few dark markings on the forewing will help distinguish this little moth.
Life History
Larvae are solitary leaf-rollers. The primary hosts are birches (Betula); also recorded from Viburnum and alder (Alnus). Adults in fall (late Aug. – early Oct.) and again in spring (mid Apr. – early June),…
Larvae are solitary leaf-rollers. The primary hosts are birches (Betula); also recorded from Viburnum and alder (Alnus). Adults in fall (late Aug. – early Oct.) and again in spring (mid Apr. – early June), apparently hibernating. Adults come to light.
Range
Holarctic. Europe east across the southern USSR to Japan; widespread in the boreal forest of North America, south in the mountains in both the east and west.
Notes
One of the palest of the Acleris leafrollers, and like many members of the genus highly variable in the appearance of the adults. The adult illustrated above is a specimen from Edmonton. The genitalic illustration is…
One of the palest of the Acleris leafrollers, and like many members of the genus highly variable in the appearance of the adults. The adult illustrated above is a specimen from Edmonton. The genitalic illustration is from Razowski (1966).
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"Species Details - Acleris logiana, University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum." University of Alberta Museums Search Site, https://search.museums.ualberta.ca/g/2-6392. Accessed 07 Oct. 2024.
References
AuthorBowman, K.
TitleAn annotated list of the Lepidoptera of Alberta.
Publication Date1951
Series TitleCanadian Journal of Zoology
Volume29
Pages121-165
AuthorPrentice, R. M.
TitleForest Lepidoptera of Canada. (1965)
Publication Date1965
Volume4
Pages544-840
AuthorRazowski, J.
TitleWorld Fauna of the Tortricini (Lepidoptera, Tortricidae).
Publication Date1966
Pages576
Specimen Information
There are 44 specimens of this Species.
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