Clepsis spectrana

Clepsis spectrana, the cyclamen tortrix, cabbage leafroller or straw-colored tortrix, is a moth of the family Tortricidae. It is found in Europe.

Clepsis spectrana
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Tortricidae
Genus:	Clepsis
Species:	C. spectrana
Binomial name
Clepsis spectrana (Treitschke, 1830)
Synonyms
Tortrix spectrana Treitschke, 1830 Cacoecia costana ab. fuliginosana Schille, 1917 Tortrix costana var. intermedia Mansbridge, 1914 Cacoecia costana ab. larseni Strand, 1927 Tortrix latiorana Stainton, 1857 Tortrix costana var. liverana Mansbridge, 1914 Tortrix vinculana Treitschke, 1830

Caterpillar

The wingspan is 16–22 mm. The color is very variable, but the ground color of the forewing is often more or less brown. The wing usually has two dark spots at the costa; edge, the innermost is square and the outermost oval. Behind the outermost spot there is usually a small, round black spot. Paler individuals have clear, fine, brown crosslines. The hindwings are brownish-white.

The moth flies in two generations from late April to September.

The larvae feed on various trees, shrubs and cabbage.

External links

• waarneming.nl (in Dutch).
• Lepidoptera of Belgium
• Cyclamen Tortrix at UKMoths