Kingdom Animalia Class Insecta Family Tortricidae Scientific name Rhopobota naevana | Phylum Arthropoda Order Lepidoptera Genus Rhopobota Rank Species | |
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Similar Epinotia tenerana, Gypsonoma dealbana, Epinotia ramella, Zeiraphera isertana, Spilonota ocellana | ||
Rhopobota naevana, the holly tortrix moth, holly leaf tier or blackheaded fireworm, is a moth of the Tortricidae family. It is found from Europe (including the British Isles) to eastern Russia, China (Tianjin, Hebei, Inner Mongolia, Liaoning, Jilin, Heilongjiang, Zhejiang, Anhui, Fujian, Jiangxi, Henan, Hubei, Hunan, Guangdong, Sichuan, Guizhou, Yunnan, Tibet, Shaanxi, Gansu), Taiwan, Mongolia, Korea and Japan. It is also present in India, Sri Lanka and North America.
The wingspan is 12–16 mm. Adults are on wing from late June to early September.
The larvae feed on Vaccinium, Erica carnea, Ilex, Malus, Crataegus, Sorbus, Prunus, Pyrus and Rhamnus. The larvae can be a pest on cultivated apple, pear and cranberry, eating young leaves, flowers and occasionally, newly set fruits. They can also kill young lateral shoots.
