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Dudua aprobola

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Family
  
Tortricidae

Scientific name
  
Dudua aprobola

Rank
  
Species

Class
  
Insecta

Genus
  
Dudua

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Butterflies and moths

Dudua aprobola

Similar
  
Dudua, Butterflies and moths, Endotricha mesenterialis, Chasmina tibialis, Lobesia aeolopa

Dudua aprobola is a moth of the Tortricidae family. It is found in Taiwan, Japan, the Seychelles, Nepal, India, the Chagos Archipelago, Sri Lanka, the Maldives, Burma, Vietnam, Thailand, western Malaysia, Sumatra, Java, Bali, Brunei, Kalimantan, the Philippines, Sulawesi, Buru, Ambon, New Guinea, the D'Entrecasteaux Islands, Australia, the Admiralty Islands, New Ireland, the Caroline Islands, the Gilbert Islands, Fiji, Tonga and Samoa.

The wingspan is about 19 mm.

The larvae feed on Rosa, Mangifera indica, Lantana camara, Dahlia, Nephelium litchi, Cassia tora, Polyalthia longifolia, Mohania macrophylla, Lagerstroemia flos-reginae, Loranthus, Salix tetrasperma, Schleichera trijuga, Psidium guajava, Metrosideros collina, Metrosideros villosa, Eugenia jambos, Ficus and Anacardium species. The larvae roll or web the leaves of the food plant together, feeding on them within this shelter. They sometimes live in flowers.

Pupation takes place inside a rolled leaf, which is lined by a thin layer of silk. The pupation period lasts one to two weeks.

References

Dudua aprobola Wikipedia