About Ancylis achatana (Denis & Schiffermüller), 1775
Ancylis achatana is a species of moth belonging to the family Tortricidae. This moth has a wingspan of 14–18 mm. Its forewings are fuscous, marked with thick, nearly connected pale leaden-metallic striae. The posterior portion of the costa has whitish strigulation. The basal patch is dark fuscous, mixed with leaden-metallic colouring, and has a curved edge. The central fascia is dark fuscous mixed with ferruginous, and is sharply and obliquely interrupted with leaden-metallic colouring above the middle. A triangular ferruginous-orange patch located in the apical area is sprinkled with dark fuscous and cut by a leaden-metallic stria. The hindwings are grey. Fully grown larvae are blackish, with black heads and a black prothoracic plate. Julius von Kennel published a full description of this species. Adult moths are active on the wing between June and July. Larvae spin or roll the leaves of Crataegus or Prunus spinosa, and feed inside these structures or close to them. Additional recorded host plants for larvae include Prunus domestica, Prunus mahaleb, Cotoneaster, Pyrus communis, Malus domestica, Malus sylvestris, Rubus fruticosus, Salix caprea and Urtica. The species is distributed from central and southern Europe (including the United Kingdom and Ireland) eastwards through the Baltic region, Asia Minor, and Ukraine, reaching southern Trans-Ural Russia.
