Gypsonoma aceriana, the poplar shoot-borer, is a moth of the family Tortricidae.

The forewings are ochreous-whitish, more or less sprinkled and posteriorly suffused with pale brownish< The costa is obscurely strigulated with blackish.

The basal patch is fuscous marked with blackish, its edge obtusely or hardly angulated, The central fascia is fuscous, ill-defined, more or less interrupted near dorsum and with small blackish mark in the disc.

The larva is dull brownish; head reddish-brown; plate of 2 black [2] Adults are on wing in July.

Older larvae (third instars) bore into buds and below terminal shoots, which are usually destroyed, causing bushy growth of lateral shoots and making young trees unmarketable.