Spilonota lechriaspis

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Apple fruit licker
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Tortricidae
Genus: Spilonota
Species:
S. lechriaspis
Binomial name
Spilonota lechriaspis
Meyrick, 1932 [1]

Spilonota lechriaspis, the apple fruit licker, is a moth of the family Tortricidae. It is found in eastern Russia, China (Tianjin, Hebei, Heilongjiang, Fujian, Henan, Shaanxi), the Korean Peninsula and Japan. [2]

The wingspan is 12–16 mm. There are one or two generations per year. Larvae hibernate in the western part of Korea.

The larvae feed on Malus , Pyrus , Hall's crab, loquat, Chinese bush, Pyracantha angustifolia and Pyracantha coccinea . It is a common pest of apple and pear.

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