Cydia leucostoma

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Tea flush worm
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Tortricidae
Genus: Cydia
Species:
C. leucostoma
Binomial name
Cydia leucostoma
(Meyrick, 1912)
Synonyms
  • Laspeyresia leucostomaMeyrick, 1912

Cydia leucostoma, the tea flush worm, is a moth of the family Tortricidae. It is found in India, Sri Lanka, Taiwan and Indonesia (Java and Brunei).

The wingspan is 11–15 mm. Adults are on wing from May to October.

The larvae feed on Camellia sinensis and wild tea. The larvae attack the tea plants, making tight rolls of the bud and top leaves of young shoots. Infestation affects both the yield and the quality of the tea.


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