A Snowy-shouldered Acleris Moth in Frederick Co., Maryland (4/7/2015). Verified by Roger Downer/BAMONA.
A Snowy-shouldered Acleris Moth in Frederick Co., Maryland (4/28/2017).
A Snowy-shouldered Acleris Moth in Cecil Co., Maryland (8/19/2014). Verified by Roger Downer/BAMONA.
Snowy-shouldered Acleris Moth in Washington Co., Maryland (4/28/2021). (c) Mark Etheridge, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC).
Snowy-shouldered Acleris Moth in Garrett Co. (Date obscured). (c) Kyle Klotz, all rights reserved
Snowy-shouldered Acleris Moth in Garrett Co., Maryland (Date obscured). (c) Josh Emm, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC).
A Snowy-shouldered Acleris Moth in Prince George's Co., Maryland (6/17/2004).
A Snowy-shouldered Acleris Moth in Prince George's Co., Maryland (6/18/2004). Specimen provided by Bob Patterson.
A Snowy-shouldered Acleris Moth in Prince George's Co., Maryland (6/18/2004). Specimen provided by Bob Patterson.
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A Snowy-shouldered Acleris Moth in Frederick Co., Maryland (4/7/2015). Verified by Roger Downer/BAMONA.
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A Snowy-shouldered Acleris Moth in Frederick Co., Maryland (4/28/2017).
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A Snowy-shouldered Acleris Moth in Cecil Co., Maryland (8/19/2014). Verified by Roger Downer/BAMONA.
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Shannon Schade.
Snowy-shouldered Acleris Moth in Washington Co., Maryland (4/28/2021). (c) Mark Etheridge, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC).
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Snowy-shouldered Acleris Moth in Garrett Co. (Date obscured). (c) Kyle Klotz, all rights reserved
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Snowy-shouldered Acleris Moth in Garrett Co., Maryland (Date obscured). (c) Josh Emm, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC).
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A Snowy-shouldered Acleris Moth in Prince George's Co., Maryland (6/17/2004).
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Bob Patterson.
A Snowy-shouldered Acleris Moth in Prince George's Co., Maryland (6/18/2004). Specimen provided by Bob Patterson.
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A Snowy-shouldered Acleris Moth in Prince George's Co., Maryland (6/18/2004). Specimen provided by Bob Patterson.
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| Snowy-shouldered acleris moth | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Tortricidae |
| Genus: | Acleris |
| Species: | A. nivisellana
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| Binomial name | |
| Acleris nivisellana (Walsingham, 1879)[1]
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Acleris nivisellana, the snowy-shouldered acleris moth, is a species of moth of the family Tortricidae. It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from southern Canada and the northern United States, south in the east to Maryland and Virginia, and south in the west to California.[2]
The wingspan is 15–17 mm. Adults have been recorded on wing from March to November, probably in two generations per year.[3]
The larvae feed on Crataegus, Malus (including Malus pumila), Physocarpus malvaceus, Prunus pensylvanica, Sorbus (including Sorbus scopulina) species.[4]
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