Crocidosema lantana
| Crocidosema lantana | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Tortricidae |
| Genus: | Crocidosema |
| Species: | C. lantana |
| Binomial name | |
| Crocidosema lantana Busck, 1910 | |
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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, Sri Lanka[1] and from the African countries and islands of Madagascar, Mauritius, Kenya, Réunion[2] and South Africa[3].
The larvae feed of Lantana camara (Verbenaceae).[4][5]
References
- ↑ Catalogue of Eucosmini from China (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae)
- ↑ Bippus, 2016. New or poorly known Microlepidoptera from the Mascarenes (Lepidoptera: Autostichidae, Bedellidae, Batrachedridae, Carposinidae, Epermeniidae, Gelechiidae, Tineidae, Tortricidae) - Beiträge zur Entomologie 66 (2)
- ↑ Afromoths, Species details
- ↑ Afromoths, Plants
- ↑ Bippus, 2016. New or poorly known Microlepidoptera from the Mascarenes (Lepidoptera: Autostichidae, Bedellidae, Batrachedridae, Carposinidae, Epermeniidae, Gelechiidae, Tineidae, Tortricidae) - Beiträge zur Entomologie 66 (2)
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- Zimmerman, Elwood C. (1978). Insects of Hawaii. Vol. 9 Microlepidoptera. The University Press of Hawaii, Honolulu. hdl:10125/7338.