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Crocidosema lantana

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Crocidosema lantana
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Section:
Cossina
Family:
Tortricidae
Genus:
Crocidosema
Species:
C. lantana
Binomial name
Crocidosema lantana
Busck, 1910
Synonyms
  • Epinotia lantana
  • Epinotia corynetes Diakonoff, 1982
  • Eucosma eridela Turner, 1946
  • Eucosma perversa Turner, 1946
  • Eucosma phaedropa Turner, 1946
  • Eucosma polyphaea Turner, 1926
  • Eucosma tornocosma Turner, 1946

The Lantana Flower-Cluster Moth or Lantana Tortricid Moth (Crocidosema lantana) is a moth of the Tortricidae family. It is native to Mexico and the southern United States, but has been 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 China (Yunnan) and 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 larva are about 6 mm long and fuscous colored with a slight reddish tinge.

The pupa is brown and about 5 mm long.

References

  1. ^ Catalogue of Eucosmini from China (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae)
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