Archips asiaticus

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| taxon = Archips asiaticus

| authority = Walsingham, 1900[http://www.tortricidae.com/catalogueGenusList.asp?gcode=106 tortricidae.com]

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• Cacoecia contemptrix Meyrick, in Caradja, 1925

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Archips asiaticus, the groundnut leafroller, is a species of moth of the family Tortricidae. It is found in Russia (Siberia), Korea, Japan and China (Heilongjiang, Jilin, Beijing, Gansu, Shandong, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Anhui, Jiangxi, Hunan, Sichuan, Fujian).

The wingspan is about 18 mm. There are usually two to three generations per year with adults on wing from June to August. In Fujian, six generations per year have been recorded.{{cite journal | url=https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2FBF02856773 | doi=10.1007/BF02856773 | title=Revision of Tribe Archipini (Tortricidae: Tortricinae) in Northeast China | date=2003 | last1=Bong-Kyu | first1=Byun | last2=Shan-Chun | first2=Yan | last3=Cheng-De | first3=Li | journal=Journal of Forestry Research | volume=14 | issue=2 | pages=93–102 | url-access=subscription }}

The larvae feed on the fruit and new leaves of Akebia quinata, Chloranthus serratus, Houttuynia cordata, Ipomoea aquatica, Malus baccata, Malus pumila, Prunus salicina, Prunus sargentii, Prunus tomentosa, Pyrus ussuriensis, Sinomenium acutum and Sorbus commixta.[https://web.archive.org/web/20140509001022/http://www.hua.edu.vn:85/tc_khktnn/Upload%5C28202291007.pdf Some morphological and bio-ecological characteristics of groundnut leafroller Archips asiaticus (Walsingham) (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae)] The species overwinters in the larval stage.