Archips rosana

Archips rosana, the rose tortrix, is a moth of the family Tortricidae. It is found in both the Palearctic and Nearctic realms.

Larva

Archips rosana
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Tortricidae
Genus:	Archips
Species:	A. rosana
Binomial name
Archips rosana (Linnaeus, 1758)[1]
Synonyms
Phalaena (Tortrix) rosana Linnaeus, 1758 Tortrix acerana Hubner, [1796-1799] Phalaena (Tortrix) ameriana Linnaeus, 1758 Phalaena americana Gmelin, 1788 Phalaena (Tortrix) amerina Linnaeus, 1761 Phalaena (Tortrix) avellana Linnaeus, 1758 Cacoecia hewittana Busck, 1920 Tortrix laevigana [Denis & Schiffermuller], 1775 Tortrix levigana Illiger, 1801 Lozotaenia nebulana Stephens, 1834 Cacoecia rosana ab. obscura Dufrane, 1944 Cacoecia rosana ab. ochracea Dufrane, 1945 Cacoecia rosana var. orientana Krulikowsky, 1909 Tortrix oxyacanthana Hubner, [1796-1799] Cacoecia rosana var. splendana Kennel, 1910 Tortrix testaceana Eversmann, 1844 Pyralis variana Fabricius, 1787

The wingspan is 15–24 mm. The forewings have a sinuate, vertical termen. sinuate. The costal fold from base to beyond middle, is irregular and light brown, sometimes reddish-tinged, in female darker-strigulated. There is a dorsal spot near the base. The anterior edge of the central fascia is sinuate. There is a suffused costal patch emitting an interrupted stria darker brown, in the female sometimes nearly obsolete and some dark terminal strigulae. The hindwings are grey, apex usually more or less orange. The larva is dark olive-green; dorsal line darker; tubercular spots white; head brown; plate of 2 blackish, anteriorly whitish.^[2] Julius von Kennel provides a full description.^[3]

The moths are on wing from May to August depending on the location.

The larvae feed within rolled leaves of various fruit plants such as raspberry, as well as cultivated rose. Pupation takes place from April to May. The species overwinters as an egg.^[4]