| (one synonym : Depressaria angusta Walsingham, 1886) DEPRESSARIIDAE, GELECHIOIDEA | (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) and Stella Crossley |
(Photo: courtesy of
Marei Nursery, Egypt)
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| (one synonym : Depressaria angusta Walsingham, 1886) DEPRESSARIIDAE, GELECHIOIDEA | (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) and Stella Crossley |
(Photo: courtesy of
Marei Nursery, Egypt)
The Caterpillar of this species is pale green or brown, with a pale brown head. The caterpillar is an international pest. It lives in a rolled leaf of its foodplant. It feeds on the young shoots of various trees in RUTACEAE, including:
as well as
The adult moth has brown wings with black spots on the costa of each forewing. The hindwings are plain pale brown
The species is found across the Near-East and Asia, including:
as well as Australia in
Further reading :
Ian F.B. Common,
Moths of Australia,
Melbourne University Press, 1990, p. 239.
J.J. Davis,
Psorosticha zizyphi (Stnt.) (Lepidoptera: Oecophoridae),
Journal of the Entomological Society of Queensland,
Volume 4 (1965), p. 86.
R.M. Misra, Ganga Prasad, and R.K. Misra,
Bionomics of the Ailanthus leaf roller Psorosticha zizyphi Stainton (Lepidoptera: Oecophoridae),
Indian Forester, Vol. 115 (1989), pp. 398-403
Henry Tibbats Stainton,
(updated 9 February 2009, 2 September 2021)
Descriptions of twenty-five species of Indian Micro-Lepidoptera,
Transactions of the Entomological Society of London,
New Series, Volume 5 (1859), pp. 115-116, No. 6.
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