Adoxophyes fasciculana

{{Short description|Species of moth}}

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| image_caption = Dorsal view

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| 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

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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}}

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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 }}

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