Isotenes miserana

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Isotenes miserana
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Tortricidae
Genus: Isotenes
Species:
I. miserana
Binomial name
Isotenes miserana
(Walker, 1863) [1]
Synonyms
  • Teras miseranaWalker, 1863
  • Teras absumptanaWalker, 1866

Isotenes miserana (orange fruit borer [2] [lower-alpha 1] ) is a species of moth of the family Tortricidae. It is found in the Northern Territory, Queensland, New South Wales and Victoria.

The wingspan is about 20 mm. [4]

The larvae are considered a pest for flowers and fruit of a wide variety of agricultural plants and fruit trees, including Citrus sinensis , Persea americana , Macadamia integrifolia , Litchi chinensis , Vitis vinifera and Morus species.

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References

  1. also spelled 'fruitborer' [3]
  1. tortricidae.com
  2. "Isotenes miserana". Atlas of Living Australia. Retrieved 13 April 2016.
  3. "Factsheet - Isotenes miserana". Tortricids of Agricultural Importance. Retrieved 13 April 2016.
  4. Don Herbison-Evans & Stella Crossley (September 2, 2008). "Isotenes miserana". uts.edu.au. Archived from the original on August 14, 2008. Retrieved 2009-02-10.