Cydia plicatum

Cydia plicatum is a moth of the family Tortricidae. It was first described by Lord Walsingham in 1907. It is endemic to the Hawaiian islands of Maui and Hawaii.

Cydia plicatum
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Tortricidae
Genus:
Cydia
Species:
C. plicatum
Binomial name
Cydia plicatum
(Walsingham in Sharp, 1907)
Synonyms
  • Cydia plicata
  • Adenoneura plicatum Walsingham, 1907

The larvae feed on the seeds of Sophora chrysophylla.

The enigmatic moth described as Cydia obliqua might simply be a variant of C. plicata; the same applies to the even rarer (and feared extinct) C. storeella.

  • Zimmerman, Elwood C. (1978). Insects of Hawaii. 9 Microlepidoptera. The University Press of Hawaii, Honolulu. hdl:10125/7338.
  • Species info


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