Cydia plicatum

Cydia plicatum
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Section: Cossina
Family: Tortricidae
Genus: Cydia
Species: C. plicatum
Binomial name
Cydia plicatum
(Walsingham in Sharp, 1907)
Synonyms
  • Cydia plicata
  • Adenoneura plicatum Walsingham, 1907

Cydia plicatum is a moth of the Tortricidae family. It is endemic to Maui and Hawaii.

The larvae feed on the seeds of Sophora chrysophylla.

The enigmatic moth described as Cydia obliqua might simply be a variant of C. plicata; the same applies to the even rarer (and feared extinct Cydia storeella.

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