Crocidosema lantana

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Crocidosema lantana
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Tortricidae
Genus: Crocidosema
Species:
C. lantana
Binomial name
Crocidosema lantana
Busck, 1910
Synonyms
  • Epinotia lantana
  • Epinotia corynetesDiakonoff, 1982
  • Eucosma eridelaTurner, 1946
  • Eucosma perversaTurner, 1946
  • Eucosma phaedropaTurner, 1946
  • Eucosma polyphaeaTurner, 1926
  • Eucosma tornocosmaTurner, 1946

Crocidosema lantana, the lantana flower-cluster moth or lantana tortricid moth, is a moth of the family Tortricidae. It was first described by August Busck in 1910. It is native to Mexico and the southern United States, but was introduced to Hawaii in 1902, Australia in 1914 and the Caroline Islands in 1948 and 1949 to aid in the control of Lantana weeds. It has also been recorded from Yunnan, China and in Sri Lanka. [1]

The larvae feed in pods of Bignonia chrysantha and in flower heads, on berries and also bore in tender twigs of Lantana species. It also feeds in the stem of litchi and in the terminal twigs of Tecoma stans . Full-grown larvae are about 6 mm long and fuscous colored with a slight reddish tinge. [2]

The pupa is brown and about 5 mm long.

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References

  1. Catalogue of Eucosmini from China (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae)
  2. "Epinotia lantana (Busck)". ICAR-National Bureau of Agricultural Insect Resources. Retrieved 11 March 2017.