Scarce Maple Piercer

Cydia inquinatana

''Cydia inquinatana'' is a species of moth of the family Tortricidae. It is found in most of Europe, except Ireland, the Iberian Peninsula and the southern part of the Balkan Peninsula. It has recently turned up in the southeast of Great Britain where it may be breeding.
Cydia inquinatana Okay, this is cheating a little ... The other day we had friends visiting and while sitting under a Maple tree (Acer) a Cydia inquinatana landed right next to us. Tymo Muus had asked them to be on the lookout for this species just the day before or so, because he still needed a specimen for photos in the book he's assembling. So "our" Cydia inquinatana was quickly bottled and transported off later (a few _bad_ images through the plastic of the container left to enjoy - no point in letting it escape while trying to get nice pictures). The next day Jane found the one above on one of her daily hunting rounds along the banks of a canal nearby and brought it home, because we were both "dismayed" about not having been able to shoot decent images of this beautiful little species ... After shooting some images "at the desk" we let it go near the Maple tree (to replace the one "stolen" the day before ;o) and it decided to land on a leaf of some shrub below the Maple and sit there for a while, to allow for more images in a natural setting. So yes, this _was_ indeed taken in Jane's garden ... but it's still cheating a little bit ;o) Cydia,Cydia inquinatana,Grapholitini,Jane's garden,Olethreutinae,Tortricidae,nl: Esdoornbladroller

Appearance

The wingspan is 11–14 mm. Adults are on wing from May to June in one generation per year.

Food

The larvae feed on ''Acer campestre'' and ''Acer pseudoplatanus''. They live in the seeds of their host plant.

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Taxonomy
KingdomAnimalia
DivisionArthropoda
ClassInsecta
OrderLepidoptera
FamilyTortricidae
GenusCydia
SpeciesC. inquinatana
Photographed in
Netherlands