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Spilonota albicana

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Spilonota albicana
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Tortricidae
Genus: Spilonota
Species:
S. albicana
Binomial name
Spilonota albicana
Synonyms
  • Grapholitha albicana Motschulsky, 1866

Spilonota albicana, the white fruit moth, larger apple fruit moth or eye-spotted bud moth, is a species of moth of the family Tortricidae. It is found in China (Tianjin, Hebei, Heilongjiang, Zhejiang, Fujian, Henan, Hubei, Hunan, Sichuan, Guizhou, Shaanxi, Gansu), Korea, Japan (Hokkaido, Honshu) and Russia (Transbaikalia, Russian Far East).[2] It has been accidentally introduced in the Netherlands.

The wingspan is 13–15 mm. Adults are on wing from mid-May to June and from mid-July to the end of August in two generations per year.

The larvae feed on Malus pumila, Malus sieboldii, Malus mandshurica, Malus pallasiana, Photinia glabra, Pyrus species, Armeniaca vulgaris, Amygdalus persica, Prunus salicina, Prunus serrulata var. spontanea, Cerasus pseudocerasus, Cerasus tomentosa, Cotoneaster melanocarpus, Crataegus pinnatifida, Crataegus dahurica, Crataegus maximowiczii, Sorbus amurensis, Larix leptolepis, Larix gmelini and Corylus heterophylla.[3]

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