Crocidosema lantana

Crocidosema lantana
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
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 ;

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 and in Sri Lanka.^[1]

The larvae feed in pods of Bignonia chrysantha.^[2]

References

^ Catalogue of Eucosmini from China (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae)
^ "Epinotia lantana (Busck)". ICAR-National Bureau of Agricultural Insect Resources. Retrieved 11 March 2017.

External links

Zimmerman, Elwood C. (1978). Insects of Hawaii. Vol. 9 Microlepidoptera. The University Press of Hawaii, Honolulu. hdl:10125/7338.

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[1] Catalogue of Eucosmini from China (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae)

[2] "Epinotia lantana (Busck)". ICAR-National Bureau of Agricultural Insect Resources. Retrieved 11 March 2017.

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