Oblique-banded leafroller moth
The oblique-banded leafroller is a small light brown moth. Its caterpillar is green with a black head. The caterpillar rolls up leaves and ties them with silk to make a hiding place.
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Fun facts
Rolled up, tied and chewed leaves show that its caterpillars are nearby.
It especially likes plants in the rose family, like roses, apples and cherries.
The females are bigger than the males.
In most places the moths fly twice a year, in early summer and again in late summer.
Most asked questions about Oblique-banded leafroller moth
?What does the oblique-banded leafroller eat?
Its caterpillars eat leaves of many plants, especially roses, apples and cherries.
?How big is the oblique-banded leafroller?
Its wings measure about 2.5 centimetres from tip to tip.
For bug experts
- Scientific name
- Choristoneura rosaceana
- Group
- Moths
- Family
- Tortricidae
- Classification
- Insecta > Lepidoptera > Tortricidae
- Lives on
- North America
- Also known as
- Oblique banded leaf roller, Rosaceous leaf roller
Where the facts come from
- Choristoneura rosaceana (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0): what it looks like, where it lives, what it eats, sizes and fun facts, retold in simple words.
- Picture by Cheryl Moorehead, individual, United States. CC BY 3.0 us, Wikimedia Commons. The sticker of this bug is drawn from this picture.
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