Gypsonoma aceriana

TaxID: 684540

Basic Information

Gypsonoma aceriana

Poplar Cloaked Bell Moth, Poplar twig borer

Gypsonoma aceriana, the poplar shoot-borer, is a moth of the family Tortricidae. It is found from Europe to Russia, eastern Turkey and Iraq. It is also present in North Africa. The wingspan is 13 C15 mm. The face is whitish-fuscous. The forewings are ochreous-whitish, more or less sprinkled and posteriorly suffused with pale brownish< The costa is obscurely strigulated with blackish. The basal patch is fuscous marked with blackish, its edge obtusely or hardly angulated, The central fascia is fuscous, ill-defined, more or less interrupted near dorsum and with small blackish mark in the disc. There are some dots round the ocellus, an irregular spot touching the middle of the termen, and a blackish small apical spot. The hindwings are grey. The larva is dull brownish; head reddish-brown; plate of 2 black Adults are on wing in July. In Japan, there are two to three generations per year (in June, July and August). The larvae feed on Populus nigra, Populus nigra subsp. italica, Populus alba, Populus balsamifera, Acer platanoides and Acer campestre. It is a common species in poplar plantations and nurseries. It has been recorded as a pest from Italy, France, Germany and the Netherlands. Older larvae (third instars) bore into buds and below terminal shoots, which are usually destroyed, causing bushy growth of lateral shoots and making young trees unmarketable.

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Taxonomic Information

Metazoa

Arthropoda

Insecta

Lepidoptera

Tortricidae

Gypsonoma

aceriana

unclassified

Photos (5 photos)

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Gypsonoma aceriana
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Gypsonoma aceriana
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(c) Lorenzo Vanni@BY-NC
Gypsonoma aceriana
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Gypsonoma aceriana
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(c) Raoul Gerend@BY-NC

Morphological Features

No morphological description available.

Host Plants (0 host plants)

Data sources: EPPO Global Database and relevant literature.

No host plants available.

Quarantine Status (1 records)

Data sources: IPPC website and national quarantine websites; verified by human review.

Country Status Year Added
Chile Quarantine pests 2019

Distribution (25 countries)

Data Sources: EPPO Global Database and GBIF.

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Present
0
Absent
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Unknown/Other
Country Status State
Austria Present —
Belgium Present —
Bulgaria Present —
Canada Present —
Switzerland Present —
Germany Present —
Denmark Present —
Spain Present —
Estonia Present —
France Present —
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Distribution Map (Latitude and longitude coordinates sourced from GBIF.)

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Genomes (0 records)

Data source: NCBI.

No genome records available.

Transcriptomes (0 records)

Data source: NCBI.

No transcriptome records available.

DNA Barcodes (0 records)

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Data source: BOLD.

No DNA barcode records available.

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