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Dudua aprobola

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Dudua aprobola
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Tortricidae
Genus: Dudua
Species:
D. aprobola
Binomial name
Dudua aprobola
(Meyrick, 1886)
Synonyms
  • Eccopsis aprobola Meyrick, 1886
  • Platypeplus aprobola Walsingham, in Moore, 1887
  • Platypeplum aprobolum Walsingham, 1900 (1899)
  • Argyroploce aprobola Meyrick, 1910
  • Hedya (Platypeplus) aprobola Diakonoff, 1068
  • Dudua aprobol kusaiensis Clarke, 1976
  • Temnolopha metallota Lower, 1901

Dudua aprobola, the mango flower webworm[1] or litchi leaf roller, is a moth of the family Tortricidae. The species was first described by Edward Meyrick in 1886.[2] It is a pest on several economically important crops.[3]

Distribution

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It is found in Taiwan, Japan,[4] the Seychelles, Nepal, India, the Chagos Archipelago, Sri Lanka,[5] the Maldives, Myanmar, Vietnam, Thailand, western Malaysia, Sumatra, Java, Bali, Brunei, Kalimantan, the Philippines, Sulawesi, Buru, Ambon, New Guinea, the D'Entrecasteaux Islands, Australia,[6] the Admiralty Islands, New Ireland, the Caroline Islands, the Gilbert Islands, Fiji, Tonga, Samoa, Réunion, Malawi and Rwanda.

Description

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Adult wingspan is about 19 mm.[7][8][9]

Larval food plants

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Control and management

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Adults and caterpillars can be controlled by hand picking and pruning. Egg and larval parasitoids are also effective. Pesticides and use of Bacillus thuringiensis extracts are effective against caterpillars.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Mango flower webworm". Pacific Pests and Pathogens - Fact Sheets. Retrieved 29 July 2018.
  2. ^ "Species Details: Dudua aprobola Meyrick, 1886". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 29 July 2018.
  3. ^ "Leaf-curling Moth". Cook Islands Biodiversity Database. Retrieved 29 July 2018.
  4. ^ "オオセンダンヒメハマキ Dudua aprobola (Meyrick, 1886)". Digital Moths of Japan. Retrieved 29 July 2018.
  5. ^ Koçak, Ahmet Ömer; Kemal, Muhabbet (20 February 2012). "Preliminary list of the Lepidoptera of Sri Lanka". Cesa News (79). Centre for Entomological Studies Ankara: 1–57 – via Academia.
  6. ^ Diakonoff, A. (1982). "On a Collection of Some Families of Micro-Lepidoptera from Sri Lanka (Ceylon)". Zoologische Verhandelingen. 193: 1–124 – via Naturalis Biodiversity Center.
  7. ^ "Dudua aprobola Micromoth". India Biodiversity Portal. Retrieved 11 March 2017.
  8. ^ "Dudua aprobola (Meyrick)". ICAR-National Bureau of Agricultural Insect Resources. Retrieved 11 March 2017.
  9. ^ "Biology of Dudua aprobola (Meyrick, 1886)". Butterfly House. Retrieved 29 July 2018.
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