Dudua aprobola explained

Dudua aprobola, the mango flower webworm^[1] or litchi leaf roller, is a moth of the family Tortricidae. The species was first described by Edward Meyrick in 1886.^[2] It is a pest on several economically important crops.^[3]

Distribution

It is found in Taiwan, Japan,^[4] the Seychelles, Nepal, India, the Chagos Archipelago, Sri Lanka,^[5] the Maldives, Myanmar, Vietnam, Thailand, western Malaysia, Sumatra, Java, Bali, Brunei, Kalimantan, the Philippines, Sulawesi, Buru, Ambon, New Guinea, the D'Entrecasteaux Islands, Australia,^[6] the Admiralty Islands, New Ireland, the Caroline Islands, the Gilbert Islands, Fiji, Tonga, Samoa, Réunion, Malawi and Rwanda.

Description

Adult wingspan is about 19 mm.^{[7] [8] [9]}

Larval food plants

• Anacardium sp.
• Arachis hypogaea
• Bidens pilosa
• Calophyllum inophyllum
• Cassia tora
• Dahlia sp.
• Eucalyptus sp.
• Eugenia jambos
• Ficus sp.
• Flemingia macrophylla
• Lagerstroemia speciosa
• Lagerstroemia sp.
• Lantana camara
• Litchi chinensis
• Loranthus sp.
• Mangifera indica
• Metrosideros collina
• Metrosideros villosa
• Nephelium litchi
• Plumbago zeylanica
• Polyalthia longifolia
• Psidium guajava
• Rosa sp.
• Salix tetrasperma
• Schleichera trijuga

Control and management

Adults and caterpillars can be controlled by hand picking and pruning. Egg and larval parasitoids are also effective. Pesticides and use of Bacillus thuringiensis extracts are effective against caterpillars.

External links

• Eurasian Tortricidae
• Prevalence of some threatening pests and disease of Litchi (Litchi chinensis Sonn.) in Bihar state of India
• Field efficacy of insecticides and integrated pest management modules against litchi leaf roller, Dudua aprobola
• Diversity and economic status of Lepidopteran insect-pest on two major varieties of mango
• Development of chemical control against the leaf webber, Dudua aprobola (Meyr.) on litchi

Notes and References

1. Web site: Mango flower webworm . Pacific Pests and Pathogens - Fact Sheets . 29 July 2018.
2. Web site: Species Details: Dudua aprobola Meyrick, 1886 . Catalogue of Life . 29 July 2018.
3. Web site: Leaf-curling Moth . Cook Islands Biodiversity Database . 29 July 2018.
4. Web site: オオセンダンヒメハマキ Dudua aprobola (Meyrick, 1886) . Digital Moths of Japan . 29 July 2018.
5. Koçak . Ahmet Ömer . Kemal . Muhabbet . 20 February 2012 . Preliminary list of the Lepidoptera of Sri Lanka . Cesa News . 79 . 1–57 . Centre for Entomological Studies Ankara . Academia.
6. Diakonoff . A. . 1982 . On a Collection of Some Families of Micro-Lepidoptera from Sri Lanka (Ceylon) . Zoologische Verhandelingen . 193 . 1–124 . Naturalis Biodiversity Center.
7. Web site: Dudua aprobola Micromoth . India Biodiversity Portal. 11 March 2017.
8. Web site: Dudua aprobola (Meyrick) . ICAR-National Bureau of Agricultural Insect Resources . 11 March 2017.
9. Web site: Biology of Dudua aprobola (Meyrick, 1886) . Butterfly House . 29 July 2018.