Hystrichophora taleana

Hystrichophora taleana
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Tortricidae
Genus: Hystrichophora
Species: H. taleana
Binomial name
Hystrichophora taleana
(Grote, 1878)[1][2]
Synonyms
  • Grapholitha taleana Grote, 1878
  • Hystricophora taleana

Hystrichophora taleana, the indigobush twig borer, is a moth of the Tortricidae family. It is known from the United States where it was found in Washington and Sharkey counties in Mississippi and Chico County in southeastern Arkansas.

Damage

The wingspan is 13–17 mm. Adults are grayish brown. There may be more than one generation per year.

The larvae feed on indigobush. They feed on the shoots of their host plant and make short tunnels in twigs and terminals. Pupation takes place in burrows.[3]

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