Catalogue of Tortricidae Latreille, 1802 (Lepidoptera: Tortricoidea) of India
Author
Pathania, Prakash C.
Author
Das, Apurva
Author
Chandra, Kailash
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Zootaxa
2020
2020-03-26
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233.
Crocidosema lantana
Busck, 1910
Crocidosema lantana
Busck, 1910
;
Proc. ent
. Soc. Wash.
10
: 132.
=
Epinotia corynetes
Diakonoff, 1982
;
Zool. Verh. Leiden
193
: 59.
TL
: Oahu, Tantalus [Hawaiian Islands] (
lantana
);
Sri Lanka
, Ratnapura District, Uggalkaltota (
corynetes
).
Distribution
:
India
(
Uttarakhand
). Described from Hawaii based on specimens introduced from
Mexico
for the biological control of weedy
Lantana
,
Crocidosema lantana
subsequently was introduced to
Australia
. Based on DNA barcodes, it is now present in
Australia
,
Caroline Islands
,
Costa Rica
,
Jamaica
,
Kenya
,
Madagascar
,
Sri Lanka
, and
Taiwan
(
Zhang & Li 2005
;
Koçak & Kemal 2012
); it is also recorded from southern
U.S.A.
Hosts
: Larvae have been reported to feed on
Lantana camara
(Verbenaceae)
,
Litchi chinensis
(Sapindaceae)
,
Tabebuia chrysantha
(Bignoniaceae)
, and
Tecoma stans
(Bignoniaceae)
(
Busck 1910
;
MacKay 1959
;
Common 1957
;
Zimmerman 1978
).
Illustrations
: Adult and gentalia (
Clarke 1976: 52
;
Rose & Pooni 2005: 1757
).