Adoxophyes fasciculana (Walker, 1866)
(one synonym is Capua epipepla Lower, 1908)
ARCHIPINI,   TORTRICINAE,   TORTRICIDAE,   TORTRICOIDEA
  
Don Herbison-Evans
(donherbisonevans@yahoo.com)
and
Stella Crossley

Adoxophyes fasciculana
(Photo: courtesy of Graeme Cocks, Townsville, Queensland)

The Catewrpillars of this species are an agricultural pest on many crops, including

  • Sunflower (Helianthus annuus, ASTERACEAE),
  • Papaya (Carica papaya CARICACEAE),
  • Peanuts (Arachis hypogaea, FABACEAE),
  • Lychee (Litchi chinensis, SAPINDACEAE), and
  • Tea (Camellia sinensis, THEACEAE).

    The adult moth has forewings that each have a slightly recurved costa. The forewings are pale brown with irregular variable broad dark brown bands across them. The hindwings are plain pale brown, darkening toward the margins. The wingspan is about 1.5 cms.

    Adoxophyes fasciculana
    (Photo: courtesy of CSIRO/BIO Photography Group, Centre for Biodiversity Genomics, University of Guelph,

    The species has been found across south-east Asia, including

  • India,
  • Vietnam/A>,

    as well as in Australia in:

  • Queensland.

    Further reading

    Oswald B. Lower,
    New Australian Tortricina,
    Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia,
    Volume 32 (1908), p. 318.

    Buck Richardson,
    Tropical Queensland Wildlife from Dusk to Dawn Science and Art,
    LeapFrogOz, Kuranda, 2015, p. 213.

    Francis Walker,
    Catalogue of Lepidoptera Heterocera,
    List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum,
    Part 35, Supplement 5 (1866), p. 1600.

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    (updated 11 October 2012, 2 March 2024)