| (one synonym : Depressaria angusta Walsingham, 1886) DEPRESSARIINAE, DEPRESSARIIDAE, GELECHIOIDEA | (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) and Stella Crossley |
(Photo: courtesy of
Marei Nursery, Egypt)
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| (one synonym : Depressaria angusta Walsingham, 1886) DEPRESSARIINAE, 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 has been 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, 19 October 2025)
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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