Exotic, but established
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; distaldistal:
farthest from body, distant from point of attachment
two-thirds of forewing predominantly milky white, but dark brown in the following areas: between paired costal strigulaecostal strigulae:
small, usually pale, semirectangular marks along the costa 
, in small patch at three-fifths length of inner margininner margin:
see dorsum 
, and in large triangular patch near apexapex:
the point furthest removed from the base or at the end of the costal area 
; ocellusocellus:
forewing pattern element - an ovoid region anterior to the tornus; adult head - a simple insect "eye" located dorsal to the compound eye 
white, short black horizontal streaks present; male without forewing costal foldforewing costal fold:
a flap or fold at the base of the forewing that contains specialized sex scales
; hindwing pale brown.
Male genitalia are characterized by a nearly obsolete uncusuncus:
a sclerotized process which is fused to the posterodorsal margin of tergum IX
; long, slender sociisocii:
a pair of lightly sclerotized setose lobes
; valvaevalvae:
plural of "valva"
with large basal excavation and well-developed cuculluscucullus:
the distal portion of the male valva
with a row of short spines on the distaldistal:
farthest from body, distant from point of attachment margin. Female genitalia are characterized by a nearly pentagonal sterigmasterigma:
the sclerotized region surrounding the female ostium bursae 
and two horn-like signasigna:
plural of "signum"
in the corpus bursaecorpus bursae:
a dilated membranous sac at the anterior end of the bursa copulatrix
.
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 shieldprothoracic shield:
a sclerotized plate on the dorsal surface of the prothorax 
, legs dark brown to black; body, anal shieldanal shield:
a sclerotized plate on the dorsal surface of the last abdominal segment (in larvae) 
reddish brown; SV group on A1, 2, 7, 8, 9 numbering 2:2:2:2:1.
A detailed description of larval chaetotaxychaetotaxy:
the arrangement of setae (in reference to Lepidoptera larvae), often depicted on a "setal map"
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 distaldistal:
farthest from body, distant from point of attachment forewing markings; and a wider neck of the valvavalva:
an appendage flanking the intromittent organ that is used to clasp the female during copulation 
with a distinct ventralventral:
lower, to the bottom, on the under side
bulge.
The following account is summarized from Kuznetsov (1973)Kuznetsov (1973):
Kuznetsov, 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.
| Host plant | Host plant family | Reference(s) |
| Rosa davurica | Rosaceae | Kuznetzov 1967; Nasu 1980 |
| Rosa x centifolia | Rosaceae | Swatschek 1958Swatschek 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.]; Nasu 1980 |
| Rosa multiflora | Rosaceae | Issiki 1957Issiki 1957: Issiki, S. 1957. Eucosmidae, Tortricidae. In Esaki, T. et al. (eds.), Iconographia insectorum japonicorum. Tokyo. 53-86.; Nasu 1980; Park 1983bPark 1983b: Park, K. T. 1983b. Microlepidoptera of Korea. Insecta Koreana. 3: 8-24. |
| Rosa rubuginosa | Rosaceae | Kennel 1910Kennel 1910: Kennel, J. von. 1910. Die Palaearktischen Tortriciden. Zoologica (Stuttgart) 21. 742 pp.; Bradley et al. 1979Bradley et al. 1979: Bradley, J. D., Tremewan, W. G., Smith, A. 1979. British Tortricoid Moths, Tortricidae: Olethreutinae. The Ray Society, London. 336 pp.; Nasu 1980 |
| Rosa rugosa | Rosaceae | Kamijo et al. 1983Kamijo et al. 1983: Kamijo, K., Komai, F., Suzuki, S. 1983. [Pests of Rosa rugosa Thunberg.] Koshunai-Kihou. 55: 17-21. |
| Rosa sp. | Rosaceae | Disque 1908Disque 1908: Disque, H. 1908. Versuch einer microlepidopterologischen Botanik. Deutsch Entomologische Zeitschrift Iris. 21: 34-147.; Bradley et al. 1979Bradley et al. 1979: Bradley, J. D., Tremewan, W. G., Smith, A. 1979. British Tortricoid Moths, Tortricidae: Olethreutinae. The Ray Society, London. 336 pp. |
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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.
