Bug FAQLyre moth
Cnephasia jactatana · Order: Lepidoptera · Family: Tortricidae
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It is a native New Zealand moth that feeds on a wide range of fruit-bearing plants. Larvae live in silken tubes on the hound's tongue fern and eggs are laid on the topside of older leaves.
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How to recognize it
Junior synonyms include Batodes jactatana, Sciaphila flexivittana, Paedisca privatana and Paedisca voluta.
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Where it lives
The caterpillars build silken tubes on the hound's tongue fern and feed on its leaves.
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What it eats
Caterpillars are pests of kiwifruit and also feed on citrus, hawthorn, persimmon, ebony, eucalyptus, fuchsia and grapevine leaves, sometimes damaging fruit husks.
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Life cycle
Eggs are laid on the topside of leaves, preferably older ones.
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Lookalikes
Synonyms listed under junior names are Batodes jactatana, Sciaphila flexivittana, Paedisca privatana and Paedisca voluta.
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Questions people ask
What plants does the lyre moth damage?
Its larvae feed on kiwifruit and many other fruit-bearing plants such as citrus, hawthorn, persimmon, ebony, eucalyptus, fuchsia and grapevine.
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Same family (Tortricidae)
Oblique-banded Leafroller MothChoristoneura rosaceanaDamages trees, gardens or crops
Garden TortrixClepsis peritanaDamages trees, gardens or crops
Common MarbleSyricoris lacunanaDamages trees, gardens or crops
Red-banded Leafroller MothArgyrotaenia velutinanaDamages trees, gardens or crops
Light Brown Apple MothEpiphyas postvittanaDamages trees, gardens or crops
Filbertworm MothCydia latiferreanaDamages trees, gardens or cropsSources
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black-lyre_leafroller_moth
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