Acleris kochiella (Goeze, 1783)
(Elm Button)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesAcleris kochiella (Elm Button)
GenusAcleris (a genus of tortrix moths)
TribeTortricini (a tribe of moths)
SubfamilyTORTRICINAE (a subfamily of moths)
FamilyTORTRICIDAE (tortrix moths)
SuperfamilyTORTRICOIDEA (cochylid and tortrix moths)
CladeApoditrysia (butterflies and most moths)
InfraorderDitrysia (butterflies and most moths)
InfraorderHeteroneura (an infraorder of moths and butterflies)
SuborderGLOSSATA (a suborder of moths)
OrderLEPIDOPTERA (butterflies and moths)
Division Endopterygota (bees, beetles, flies, moths and other insects with wings developing internally)
InfraclassNeoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
SubclassPTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
ClassINSECTA (true insects)
SubphylumHEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
PhylumARTHROPODA (arthropods)
SuperphylumECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
Records of Acleris kochiella (Elm Button) :
1: Acleris kochiella (Elm Button)
8 Dec 2015 OSGR: SU00 50° 50’ N, 1° 60’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
Male, on outside of glass patio door in middle of day
Image 1: Male - alert - dorsal view - highly enlarged - natural backgroundImage 2: Male - alert - dorsal view - highly enlarged - white backgroundImage 3: Male - at rest - dorsal view - highly enlarged - black backgroundImage 4: Male - at rest - dorsal view - highly enlarged - white backgroundImage 5: Male - ventral view - highly enlarged - white background

Acleris kochiella (Elm Button) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Acleris kochiella (Elm Button)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 0 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Acleris kochiella (Elm Button)

A Tortricid micromoth whose larvae feed in the spun or folded leaves of elm (Ulmus). It is commonest in the south of England.

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