Planotortrix octo

{{Short description|Species of moth}}

{{Use New Zealand English|date=July 2024}}

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| image = Planotortrix_octo_male_dorsal.jpg

| image_caption = Male, dorsal view

| image2 = Planotortrix_octo_male_ventral.jpg

| image2_caption = Male, ventral view

| genus = Planotortrix

| species = octo

| authority = Dugdale, 1990{{cite web|last1=Gilligan|first1=T. M.|last2=Baixeras|first2=J.|last3=Brown|first3=J. W.|last4=Tuck|first4=K. R.|title= Planotortrix species|url=http://www.tortricidae.com/catalogueSpeciesList.asp?gcode=730&chkLastInput=|website=www.tortricidae.com|publisher=tortricid.net|accessdate=19 January 2017}}

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Planotortrix octo is a moth of the family Tortricidae. It is endemic to New Zealand,{{cite web|title=Planotortrix octo Dugdale, 1990|url=http://www.nzor.org.nz/names/f1f843d7-222a-40ce-98bb-54020dceb179|website=www.nzor.org.nz|publisher=Landcare Research New Zealand Ltd|accessdate=18 January 2017}} where it is found in both the North and South islands.{{Cite journal|last=Dugdale|first=J. S.|date=1990-07-01|title=Reassessment of Ctenopseustis Meyrick and Planotortrix Dugdale with descriptions of two new genera (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae)|journal=New Zealand Journal of Zoology|volume=17|issue=3|pages=437–465|doi=10.1080/03014223.1990.10422943|issn=0301-4223}}

The larvae feed on Ribes, Chaenomeles, Cotoneaster, Crataegus, Cydonia, Eriobotrya, Fragaria, Kerria, Malus, Photinia, Prunus, Pyracantha, Rosa, Rhaphiolepis, Rubus, Boronia, Choysia, Citrus and Phebalium species.{{Cite web|url=https://plant-synz.landcareresearch.co.nz/ReportForm.aspx?RecordId=1372&Type=H&ReportType=Adv&SortBy=Alpha&Biostatus=a,c,e,n|title=Planotortrix octo Dugdale, 1990 Invertebrate herbivore report|work=plant-synz.landcareresearch.co.nz|publisher=Manaaki Whenua Landcare Research|access-date=2019-05-03}} It is considered to be a pest species.{{cite web|last1=Walker|first1=K.|title=Greenheaded leafroller|url=http://www.padil.gov.au/pests-and-diseases/pest/main/136269/1129|website=www.padil.gov.au|publisher=Government of Australia|accessdate=18 January 2017}}