Notocelia rosaecolana (Doubleday) (Tortricidae: Olethreutinae: Eucosmini)
Common name: Doubleday’s Notocelia moth
Synonyms: rosae (Argyloploce [sic]), rosaecolona (Grapholitha), rosaeocolana (Grapholitha)
FWL: 6.5–9.0 mm
Head, thorax brown with scattered dark brown or black scale patches; basal third of forewing concolorous with head and thorax; distal two-thirds of forewing predominantly milky white, but dark brown in the following areas: between paired costal strigulae, in small patch at three-fifths length of inner margin, and in large triangular patch near apex; ocellus white, short black horizontal streaks present; male without forewing costal fold; hindwing pale brown.
Male genitalia are characterized by a nearly obsolete uncus; long, slender socii; valvae with large basal excavation and well-developed cucullus with a row of short spines on the distal margin. Female genitalia are characterized by a nearly pentagonal sterigma and two horn-like signa in the corpus bursae.
The following account is summarized from Swatschek (1958)Swatschek (1958):
Swatschek, B. 1958. Die larval systematik der wickler (Tortricidae und Carposinidae) aus dem zoologischen Institut der Universitat Erlangen. Akademie-Verlag, Berlin. 269 pp. [Abhandlungen zur larvalsystematik Insekten 3.].
Head yellowish; prothoracic shield, legs dark brown to black; body, anal shield reddish brown; SV group on A1, 2, 7, 8, 9 numbering 2:2:2:2:1.
A detailed description of larval chaetotaxy is available in Swatschek (1958)Swatschek (1958):
Swatschek, B. 1958. Die larval systematik der wickler (Tortricidae und Carposinidae) aus dem zoologischen Institut der Universitat Erlangen. Akademie-Verlag, Berlin. 269 pp. [Abhandlungen zur larvalsystematik Insekten 3.].
Notocelia rosaecolana closely resembles several other species of Notocelia, including N. trimaculana, a Palearctic species which is not known to feed on Rosa. Adults of N. rosaecolana can be distinguished by the presence of melanic sex scaling near the base of the hair-pencil on the male hindwing (Miller et al. 2000Miller et al. 2000:
Miller, W. E., Brown, R. L., Tuck, K. R. 2000. Taxonomic clarification of Notocelia rosaecolana (Doubleday) and N . trimaculana (Haworth) (Tortricidae). Journal of the Lepidopterists#39; Society. 54: 111-118.). Within North America, N. illotana is most similar, but has a larger and darker basal portion of the forewing; paler, less distinct distal forewing markings; and a wider neck of the valva with a distinct ventral bulge.
Notocelia rosaecolana is broadly distributed in the Palearctic region, occurring in most of Europe, east to Russia, China, Korea, and Japan. It was introduced to North America, where it now occurs from Newfoundland to Minnesota and south to North Carolina and Alabama. It appears to have been recently and independently introduced into the Pacific Northwest.
The following account is summarized from Kuznetzov (1973)Kuznetzov (1973):
Kuznetzov, V.I. 1973. Leaf-rollers (Lepidoptera, Tortricidae) of the southern part of the Soviet Far East and their seasonal cycles. Trudy Vses. Entomol. Obshch. 56: 44-161..
In Russia, there is a single generation per year with adults eclosing and laying eggs in early July. Larvae hatch soon afterwards and feed in the buds, twigs, and webbed leaves of wild and cultivated roses (Rosa spp.) before overwintering as third or fourth instar larvae. Pupation occurs in the spring from mid June to July with adults eclosing one to two weeks later. The life cycle is similar in Europe and North America, but adults can be found from late May into July, likely a reflection of shorter winters and warmer springs and earlier summers.
Notocelia rosaecolana is a specialist on Rosa and can be considered a pest of cultivated roses in Europe.
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Authors: KA Austin, TM Gilligan, ME Epstein
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