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Tortricid Moths (Subfamily Tortricinae)
Page Last Updated: March 15 2021
49 species
Oblique-banded Leafroller Moth - approx. 1.2 cm
Order: Lepidoptera (Butterflies & Moths)
Family: Tortricidae (Tortricid Moths)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Oblique-banded Leafroller Moth Larva? - approx. 2 cm
Order: Lepidoptera (Butterflies & Moths)
Family: Tortricidae (Tortricid Moths)
Genus: Choristoneura
Species: Rosaceana
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Genus: Choristoneura
Species: Rosaceana
Hairnet Acleris - approx. 1 cm
Order: Lepidoptera (Butterflies & Moths)
Genus: Acleris
Species: Forsskaleana
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Family: Tortricidae (Tortricid Moths)
Also known as Maple Leaftier - larvae feed on leaves of
Maple and Sycamore - native to Europe
Oak Leaftier - approx. 1 cm
Order: Lepidoptera (Butterflies & Moths)
Family: Tortricidae (Tortricid Moths)
Genus: Acleris
Species: Semipurpurana
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Also known as Oak Leafshredder Moth
Maple-Basswood Leafroller Moth - approx. 1.3 cm
Order: Lepidoptera (Butterflies & Moths)
Family: Tortricidae (Tortricid Moths)
Genus: Cenopis
Species: Pettitana
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Oblique-banded Leafroller Moth Larva? - approx. 2 cm - Lower Don Valley (Crother's Woods) - May 2011
Hairnet Acleris - approx. 1 cm - Kortright Centre for Conservation - July 2012
Oak Leaftier - approx. 1 cm - High Park - June 2020
Spring Dead-leaf Roller Moth - approx. 1 cm
Order: Lepidoptera (Butterflies & Moths)
Family: Tortricidae (Tortricid Moths)
Genus: Cenopis
Species: Diluticostana
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Maple-Basswood Leafroller Moth - approx. 1.3 cm - Thorncliffe Park - July 2015
Omnivorous Leafroller Moth - approx. 1.5 cm
Order: Lepidoptera (Butterflies & Moths)
Family: Tortricidae (Tortricid Moths)
Genus: Archips
Species: Purpurana
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Subfamily: Tortricinae
Omnivorous Leafroller Moth - approx. 1.5 cm - Rouge Park - August 2015
Another species (Platynota stultana) is also referred to as
the Omnivorous Leafroller Moth
Spring Spruce Needle Moth - approx. 1 cm
Order: Lepidoptera (Butterflies & Moths)
Family: Tortricidae (Tortricid Moths)
Genus: Archips
Species: Packardiana
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Subfamily: Tortricinae
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Updated March 15 2021
White-spotted Leafroller Moth - approx. 1 cm
Order: Lepidoptera (Butterflies & Moths)
Genus: Argyrotaenia
Species: Alisellana
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Family: Tortricidae (Tortricid Moths)
White-spotted Leafroller Moth - approx. 1 cm - wingspan to 2.5 cm - High Park - June 2016
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Updated June 11 2019
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Updated August 12 2016
Variable in appearance - forewing is whitish to pale yellow
usually with fragmented brown lines
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Updated November 24 2018
Spring Spruce Needle Moth - approx. 1 cm - High Park - July 2018
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Updated April 15 2020
Gray Archips Moth - approx. 1 cm
Order: Lepidoptera (Butterflies & Moths)
Family: Tortricidae (Tortricid Moths)
Genus: Archips
Species: Grisea
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Subfamily: Tortricinae
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Updated May 9 2019
Oblique-banded Leafroller Moth - approx. 1.2 cm - High Park - August 2017
Gray Archips Moth - approx. 1 cm - wingspan approx. 2 cm - High Park - July 2019
Reticulated Fruitworm Moth - approx. 1.2 cm
Order: Lepidoptera (Butterflies & Moths)
Family: Tortricidae (Tortricid Moths)
Genus: Cenopis
Species: Reticulatana
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Reticulated Fruitworm Moth - approx. 1.2 cm - High Park - August 2016
Lined Oak Leafroller Moth - approx. 1.3 cm
Order: Lepidoptera (Butterflies & Moths)
Genus: Argyrotaenia
Species: Quercifoliana
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Family: Tortricidae (Tortricid Moths)
Lined Oak Leafroller Moth - approx. 1.3 cm - wingspan 1.5 to 2.5 cm - High Park - July 2018
Also known as Oak Leafroller - Archips semiferanus (see
blelow) is also known as Oak Leafroller
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Updated April 14 2019
Three-lined Leafroller Moth - approx. 1 cm
Order: Lepidoptera (Butterflies & Moths)
Family: Tortricidae (Tortricid Moths)
Genus: Pandemis
Species: Limitata
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Three-lined Leafroller Moth - approx. 1 cm - High Park - August 2017
Oak Leafroller Moth - approx. 1 cm
Order: Lepidoptera (Butterflies & Moths)
Family: Tortricidae (Tortricid Moths)
Genus: Archips
Species: Semiferanus (Semiferana)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Subfamily: Tortricinae
Also known as White-spotted Oak Leafroller - Argyrotaenia
quercifoliana (see above) is also known as Oak Leafroller
Oak Leafroller Moth - approx. 1 cm - High Park - July 2017
Red-banded Leafroller Moth - approx. 1 cm - High Park - May 2018
Red-banded Leafroller Moth - approx. 1 cm
Order: Lepidoptera (Butterflies & Moths)
Genus: Argyrotaenia
Species: Velutinana
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Family: Tortricidae (Tortricid Moths)
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Updated April 13 2020
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Updated March 2 2019
Also known as Oak Cenopis
Spring Dead-leaf Roller Moth - approx. 1 cm - High Park - July 2017
Gray-marked Tortricid - approx. 1 cm
Order: Lepidoptera (Butterflies & Moths)
Family: Tortricidae (Tortricid Moths)
Genus: Decodes
Species: Basiplagana
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Subfamily: Tortricinae
Gray-marked Tortricid - approx. 1 cm - High Park - August 2016
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Updated December 5 2016
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Updated December 6 2016
Eastern Black-headed Budworm - approx. 1 cm
Order: Lepidoptera (Butterflies & Moths)
Genus: Acleris
Species: Variana
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Family: Tortricidae (Tortricid Moths)
Eastern Black-headed Budworm - approx. 1 cm - High Park - August 2016
Singed Platynota - approx. 8 mm
Order: Lepidoptera (Butterflies & Moths)
Family: Tortricidae (Tortricid Moths)
Genus: Platynota
Species: Semiustana
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Subfamily: Tortricinae
Singed Platynota - approx. 8 mm - High Park - August 2016
Subfamily: Tortricinae
Subfamily: Tortricinae
Subfamily: Tortricinae
Subfamily: Tortricinae
Subfamily: Tortricinae
Subfamily: Tortricinae
Subfamily: Tortricinae
Subfamily: Tortricinae
Subfamily: Tortricinae
Subfamily: Tortricinae
Subfamily: Tortricinae
Subfamily: Tortricinae
Hoffman's Cochyllid - approx. 7 mm
Order: Lepidoptera (Butterflies & Moths)
Family: Tortricidae (Tortricid Moths)
Genus: Cochylis
Species: Hoffmanana
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Subfamily: Tortricinae
Hoffman's Cochlylid - approx. 7 mm - High Park - August 2018
Robinson's? Acleris - approx. 1 cm
Order: Lepidoptera (Butterflies & Moths)
Genus: Acleris
Species: Robinsoniana?
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Family: Tortricidae (Tortricid Moths)
Robinson's? Acleris - approx. 1 cm - High Park - August 2017
Subfamily: Tortricinae
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Updated May 4 2019
Broken-banded Leafroller - approx. 1.2 cm
Order: Lepidoptera (Butterflies & Moths)
Family: Tortricidae (Tortricid Moths)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Genus: Choristoneura
Species: Fractivittana
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Updated April 15 2020
Broken-banded Leafroller - approx. 1.2 cm - High Park - June 2018
Subfamily: Tortricinae
Yellowheaded Fireworm - approx. 1 cm
Order: Lepidoptera (Butterflies & Moths)
Family: Tortricidae (Tortricid Moths)
Genus: Acleris
Species: Minuta
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Yellowheaded Fireworm - approx. 1 cm - High Park - September 2019
Subfamily: Tortricinae
Pine Tube Moth - approx. 7 mm - High Park - July 2018
Pine Tube Moth - approx. 7 mm
Order: Lepidoptera (Butterflies & Moths)
Genus: Argyrotaenia
Species: Pinatubana
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Family: Tortricidae (Tortricid Moths)
Subfamily: Tortricinae
Tufted Apple Bud Moth - approx. 1 cm
Order: Lepidoptera (Butterflies & Moths)
Family: Tortricidae (Tortricid Moths)
Genus: Platynota
Species: Idaeusalis
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Subfamily: Tortricinae
Tufted Apple Bud Moth - approx. 1 cm - High Park - Juy 2017
Phalonidia lepidana - approx. 7 mm
Order: Lepidoptera (Butterflies & Moths)
Family: Tortricidae (Tortricid Moths)
Genus: Phalonidia
Species: Lepidana
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Subfamily: Tortricinae
Phalonidia lepidana - approx. 7 mm - High Park - July 2018
Cochylis viscana - approx. 7 mm
Order: Lepidoptera (Butterflies & Moths)
Family: Tortricidae (Tortricid Moths)
Genus: Cochylis
Species: Viscana
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Subfamily: Tortricinae
Cochylis viscana - approx. 7 mm - Speyside (Halton Hills) - August 2018
Boldly-marked Archips - approx. 1.2 cm
Order: Lepidoptera (Butterflies & Moths)
Family: Tortricidae (Tortricid Moths)
Genus: Archips
Species: Dissitana
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Subfamily: Tortricinae
Boldly-marked Archips - approx. 1.2 cm - Speyside (Halton HIlls) - August 2018
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Updated November 30 2018
Kearfott's Rolandylis Moth - approx. 6 mm
Order: Lepidoptera (Butterflies & Moths)
Family: Tortricidae (Tortricid Moths)
Genus: Rolandylis
Species: Maiana
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Subfamily: Tortricinae
Kearfott's Rolandylis Moth - approx. 6 mm - High Park - September 2018
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Updated November 30 2018
Cochylis aurorana - approx. 6 mm
Order: Lepidoptera (Butterflies & Moths)
Family: Tortricidae (Tortricid Moths)
Genus: Cochylis
Species: Aurorana
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Subfamily: Tortricinae
Cochylis aurorana - approx. 6 mm - High Park - August 2018
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Updated November 30 2018
Also known as Pink-mottled Cochylis
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Updated January 6 2019
Bent-wing Acleris - approx. 7 mm
Order: Lepidoptera (Butterflies & Moths)
Genus: Acleris
Species: Subnivana
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Family: Tortricidae (Tortricid Moths)
Bent-wing Acleris - approx. 7 mm - High Park - August 2018
Subfamily: Tortricinae
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Updated December 5 2018
Black-lined Acleris - approx. 1.2 cm
Order: Lepidoptera (Butterflies & Moths)
Genus: Acleris
Species: Nigrolinea
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Family: Tortricidae (Tortricid Moths)
Subfamily: Tortricinae
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Updated December 5 2018
Black-lined Acleris - approx. 1.2 cm - Speyside (Halton Hills) - September 2018
Similar to A. maximana
Similar to A. cornana - see below
Similar to Stained-back Leafroller (A. maculidorsana)
Acleris cornana? - approx. 7 mm
Order: Lepidoptera (Butterflies & Moths)
Genus: Acleris
Species: cornana?
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Family: Tortricidae (Tortricid Moths)
Acleris cornana? - approx. 7 mm - High Park - August 2017
Subfamily: Tortricinae
Similar to A. subnivana (see above) and A. placidana
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Updated January 6 2019
Woodgrain Leafroller Moth - approx. 1 cm
Order: Lepidoptera (Butterflies & Moths)
Family: Tortricidae (Tortricid Moths)
Genus: Pandemis
Species: Lamprosana
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Woodgrain Leafroller Moth - approx. 1 cm - High Park - August 2017
Subfamily: Tortricinae
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Updated March 2 2019
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Updated March 2 2019
Fruit-Tree Leafroller - approx. 1 cm
Order: Lepidoptera (Butterflies & Moths)
Family: Tortricidae (Tortricid Moths)
Genus: Archips
Species: Argyrospila
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Subfamily: Tortricinae
Fruit-Tree Leafroller - approx. 1 cm - High Park - July 2019
Spruce Budworm - approx. 1.5 cm
Order: Lepidoptera (Butterflies & Moths)
Family: Tortricidae (Tortricid Moths)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Genus: Choristoneura
Species: Fumiferana
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Updated April 17 2020
Spruce Budworm - approx. 1.5 cm - High Park - July 2019
Subfamily: Tortricinae
Phtheochroa vitellinana - approx. 7 mm - High Park - July 2018
Phtheochroa vitellinana - approx. 7 mm
Order: Lepidoptera (Butterflies & Moths)
Genus: Phtheochroa
Species: Vitellinana
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Family: Tortricidae (Tortricid Moths)
Subfamily: Tortricinae
Viburnum Acleris - approx. 1 cm
Order: Lepidoptera (Butterflies & Moths)
Genus: Acleris
Species: Viburnana
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Family: Tortricidae (Tortricid Moths)
Viburnum Acleris - approx. 1 cm - High Park - June 2019
Subfamily: Tortricinae
Previously synonymous with A. schalleriana
Exasperating Platynota - approx. 8 mm
Order: Lepidoptera (Butterflies & Moths)
Family: Tortricidae (Tortricid Moths)
Genus: Platynota
Species: Exasperatana
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Subfamily: Tortricinae
Exasperating Platynota - approx. 8 mm - High Park - July 2019
Holland's Cochylid - approx. 7 mm
Order: Lepidoptera (Butterflies & Moths)
Family: Tortricidae (Tortricid Moths)
Genus: Thyraylia
Species: Hollandana
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Subfamily: Tortricinae
Holland's Cochylid - approx. 7 mm - High Park - September 2019
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Updated September 13 2019
Blueberry Leaftier - approx. 1 cm
Order: Lepidoptera (Butterflies & Moths)
Family: Tortricidae (Tortricid Moths)
Genus: Acleris
Species: Curvalana
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Blueberry Leaftier - approx. 1 cm - High Park - July 2019
Subfamily: Tortricinae
Snowy-shouldered Acleris - approx. 7 mm
Order: Lepidoptera (Butterflies & Moths)
Family: Tortricidae (Tortricid Moths)
Genus: Acleris
Species: Nivisellana
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Larva known as Apple Leaf Twister
Snowy-shouldered Acleris - approx. 7 mm - High Park - June 2019
Subfamily: Tortricinae
Chokecherry Leafroller - approx. 1 cm
Order: Lepidoptera (Butterflies & Moths)
Family: Tortricidae (Tortricid Moths)
Genus: Cenopis
Species: Directana
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
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Updated December 22 2019
Chokecherry Leafroller - approx. 1 cm - High Park - July 2019
Subfamily: Tortricinae
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Updated April 14 2020
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Updated April 17 2020
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Updated April 21 2020
Gray Leafroller - approx. 1 cm
Order: Lepidoptera (Butterflies & Moths)
Family: Tortricidae (Tortricid Moths)
Genus: Syndemis
Species: Afflictana
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Subfamily: Tortricinae
Gray Leafroller - approx. 1 cm - Rouge Park - June 2019
Multiform Leafroller - approx. 1 cm
Order: Lepidoptera (Butterflies & Moths)
Genus: Acleris
Species: Flavivittana
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Family: Tortricidae (Tortricid Moths)
Multiform Leafroller - approx. 1 cm - High Park - May 2020
Subfamily: Tortricinae
Also known as Masked Leafroller
Banded Sunflower Moth - approx. 7 mm
Order: Lepidoptera (Butterflies & Moths)
Family: Tortricidae (Tortricid Moths)
Genus: Cochylichroa
Species: Hospes
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Subfamily: Tortricinae
Banded Sunflower Moth - approx. 7 mm - High Park - July 2019
Striated Tortrix - approx. 1.3 cm
Order: Lepidoptera (Butterflies & Moths)
Family: Tortricidae (Tortricid Moths)
Genus: Archips
Species: Strianus
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Subfamily: Tortricinae
Striated Tortrix - approx. 1.3 cm - High Park - June 2020
One-lined Sparganothis - approx. 1 cm
Order: Lepidoptera (Butterflies & Moths)
Family: Tortricidae (Tortricid Moths)
Genus: Sparganothis
Species: Unifasciana
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Also known as One-banded Sparganothis
One-lined Sparganothis - approx. 1 cm - High Park - July 2019
Subfamily: Tortricinae
Aethes sexdentata - approx. 8 mm
Order: Lepidoptera (Butterflies & Moths)
Family: Tortricidae (Tortricid Moths)
Genus: Aethes
Species: Sexdentata
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Subfamily: Tortricinae
Aethes sexdentata - approx. 8 mm - High Park - August 2017
Aethes argentilimitana - approx. 6 mm
Order: Lepidoptera (Butterflies & Moths)
Family: Tortricidae (Tortricid Moths)
Genus: Aethes
Species: Argentilimitana
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Subfamily: Tortricinae
Aethes argentilimitana - approx. 6 mm - High Park - July 2019
Also known as Silver-bordered Aethes
Pine Tortrix - approx. 1.5 cm
Order: Lepidoptera (Butterflies & Moths)
Family: Tortricidae (Tortricid Moths)
Genus: Archips
Species: Oporana
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Subfamily: Tortricinae
Pine Tortrix - approx. 1.5 cm - High Park - July 2020
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Updated March 14 2021