Adoxophyes fasciculana
{{Short description|Species of moth}}
{{Speciesbox
| image = Adoxophyes fasciculana dorsal.jpg
| image_caption = Dorsal view
| image2 = Adoxophyes_fasciculana_ventral.jpg
| image2_caption = Ventral view
| genus = Adoxophyes
| species = fasciculana
| authority = (Walker, 1866)
| synonyms =
- Tortrix fasciculana Walker, 1866
- Adoxophyes asciculata Meyrick, in Wagner, 1912
- Capua epipepla Lower, 1908
- Tortrix luzonica Sauber, in Semper, 1902
}}
Adoxophyes fasciculana, the bell moth or orange tip moth, is a moth of the family Tortricidae.{{cite web |url=http://www.catalogueoflife.org/col/details/species/id/6914eb801b3f1748d5397fe6ffb1ef72 |title=Species Details: Adoxophyes fasciculana Walker, 1866 |website=Catalogue of Life |accessdate=29 July 2018}} It was described by Francis Walker in 1866 from the Moluccas. It is also known from South Asia, Vietnam, Australia and the Pacific Islands. It is a polyphagous pest on several commercially important crops.{{cite web |url=http://www.nhm.ac.uk/our-science/data/hostplants/search/list.dsml?&PGenus=Camellia&sort=Taxon |title=HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants |publisher=The Natural History Museum |accessdate=29 July 2018}}{{cite journal |last=Diakonoff |first=A. |date=1982 |url=http://www.repository.naturalis.nl/document/149137 |title=On a Collection of Some Families of Micro-Lepidoptera from Sri Lanka (Ceylon) |journal=Zoologische Verhandelingen |volume=193 |pages=1–124 |via=Naturalis Biodiversity Center}}
Description
The wingspan is 14–18 mm.{{Cite web |url=http://www.padil.gov.au/maf-border/Pest/Main/141616 |title=PaDIL Species Factsheet |access-date=2011-11-15 |archive-date=2012-04-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120401164328/http://www.padil.gov.au/maf-border/Pest/Main/141616 |url-status=dead }}
Larval food plants
- Ageratum conyzoides
- Amaranthus viridis
- Arachis hypogaea
- Averrhoa carambola
- Camellia limonia
- Camellia sinensis
- Carica papaya
- Emilia longifolia
- Euphorbia hirta
- Euphorbia longan
- Gnaphalium indicum
- Gossypium barbadense
- Helianthus annuus
- Indigofera endecaphylla
- Ipomoea batatas
- Litchi chinensis
- Morus alba
- Passiflora foetida
- Ricinus communis
- Rosa rugosa
- Scutellaria barbata