Archips micaceana explained

Archips micaceana is a moth of the family Tortricidae. It is found in China, Hong Kong, southern Vietnam, Burma, and northern Thailand. It is a minor pest of many agricultural crops.^[1]

The hindwings are almost entirely yellow in both sexes.

Food

The larvae are polyphagous leaf-tiers and leaf-rollers^[2] on:

• Abelmoschus esculentus
• Acacia nilotica
• Alangium salviifolium
• Albizzia procera
• Albizzia saman
• Aleurites
• Annona reticulata
• Annona squamosa
• Arachis hypogaea
• Areca catechu
• Artabotrys hexapetalus
• Artocarpus heterophyllus
• Aster
• Azadirachta excelsa
• Breonia chinensis
• Camellia
• Capsicum
• Cassia fistula
• Castanopsis fissa
• Cedrela
• Chrysanthemum
• Citrus maxima
• Codiaeum variegatum
• Coffea
• Cordyline fruticosa
• Cosmos
• Cuscuta
• Dalbergia sissoo
• Delonix regia
• Derris
• Dillenia indica
• Dimocarpus longan
• Duranta
• Erythrina fusca
• Erythrina variegata
• Eucalyptus camaldulensis
• Eugenia
• Fragaria
• Garcinia mangostana
• Gerbera jamesonii
• Glycine max
• Gmelina arborea
• Gossypium herbaceum
• Helianthus annuus
• Hibiscus
• Hopea odorata
• Ixora
• Lagerstroemia cuspidata
• Lantana camara
• Linum
• Litchi chinensis
• Lonicera japonica
• Ludwigia
• Macropiper excelsum
• Mallotus philippinensis
• Malus pumila
• Mangifera indica
• Medicago
• Michelia champaca
• Millettia extensa
• Morus alba
• Nephelium lappaceum
• Persea americana
• Phaseolus
• Pinus caribaea
• Pithecellobium dulce
• Psidium guajava
• Punica granatum
• Rhizophora mucronata
• Ricinus communis
• Salix
• Santalum album
• Schoutenia glomerata
• Shorea talura
• Spergularia macrotheca
• Syzygium aquem
• Syzygium cumini
• Terminalia elliptica
• Toona ciliata
• Triticum aestivum
• Vicia faba
• Vigna radiata
• Zea mays
• Ziziphus mauritiana

^[3]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Archips micaceana (Walker) . ICAR-National Bureau of Agricultural Insect Resources . 11 March 2017.
2. http://wbd.etibioinformatics.nl/bis/tortricidae.php?menuentry=soorten&id=127 Eurasian Tortricidae
3. http://www.tortricidae.com/foodplant_database.pdf Tortricidae foodplant database