Stained-back Leafroller Moth
Acleris maculidorsana Clemens, 1864
Stained-back Leafroller Moth: https://marylandbiodiversity.com/species/6077
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Acleris maculidorsana
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Tortricidae
Genus: Acleris
Species:
A. maculidorsana
Binomial name
Acleris maculidorsana
(Clemens, 1864)[1]
Synonyms
  • Cnephasia maculidorsana Clemens, 1864
  • Peronea maculidorsana
  • Peronea hypericana Ely, 1910

Acleris maculidorsana, the stained-back leafroller moth, is a species of moth of the family Tortricidae. It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Mississippi, New Jersey, North Carolina, Ohio, Ontario, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia and Wisconsin.[2]

The wingspan is 15–18 mm.[3] Adults have been recorded on wing nearly year round.

The larvae feed on Chamaedaphne calyculata, Hypericum (including Hypericum perforatum), Kalmia and Vaccinium species.[4]

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