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__NOTOC__ ''Cydia'' is a large
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of
tortrix moth The Tortricidae are a family of moths, commonly known as tortrix moths or leafroller moths, in the order Lepidoptera. This large family has over 11,000 species described, and is the sole member of the superfamily Tortricoidea, although the genus ...
s, belonging to the
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Grapholitini Grapholitini is a tribe of tortrix moth The Tortricidae are a family of moths, commonly known as tortrix moths or leafroller moths, in the order Lepidoptera. This large family has over 11,000 species described, and is the sole member of the s ...
of subfamily Olethreutinae. Its distinctness from and delimitation versus the tribe's
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Grapholita ''Grapholita'' is a large genus of tortrix moths (family Tortricidae). It belongs to subfamily Olethreutinae, and therein to the tribe Grapholitini, of which it is the type genus.Baixeras et al. (2009a) Taxonomy and systematics Georg Friedrich T ...
'' requires further study.Baixeras, J.; Brown, J.W. & Gilligan, T.M. (2009a)
Online World Catalogue of the Tortricidae
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Genus ''Cydia'' account
Version 1.3.1. Retrieved 2009-Jan-20.
Baixeras, J.; Brown, J.W. & Gilligan, T.M. (2009b)
Online World Catalogue of the Tortricidae
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''Cydia'' species list
Version 1.3.1. Retrieved 2009-Jan-20.
Savela, Markku (2005a): Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and some other life forms &ndash

Version of 2005-Sep-13. Retrieved 2010-Apr-19.
Savela, Markku (2005b): Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and some other life forms &ndash

Version of 2005-Sep-13. Retrieved 2010-Apr-19.
Moths in this genus are generally small and dull brown; their caterpillars are yellow or white and wormlike. ''Cydia'' includes many
species In biology, a species is the basic unit of classification and a taxonomic rank of an organism, as well as a unit of biodiversity. A species is often defined as the largest group of organisms in which any two individuals of the appropriate s ...
of economic importance due to the damage their caterpillars inflict as pests of agricultural
crop A crop is a plant that can be grown and harvested extensively for profit or subsistence. When the plants of the same kind are cultivated at one place on a large scale, it is called a crop. Most crops are cultivated in agriculture or hydropon ...
s, especially
fruit In botany, a fruit is the seed-bearing structure in flowering plants that is formed from the ovary after flowering. Fruits are the means by which flowering plants (also known as angiosperms) disseminate their seeds. Edible fruits in particu ...
and
nut Nut often refers to: * Nut (fruit), fruit composed of a hard shell and a seed, or a collective noun for dry and edible fruits or seeds * Nut (hardware), fastener used with a bolt Nut or Nuts may also refer to: Arts, entertainment, and media Co ...
trees. On the other hand, some ''Cydia'' species have been used for
biological control Biological control or biocontrol is a method of controlling pests, such as insects, mites, weeds, and plant diseases, using other organisms. It relies on predation, parasitism, herbivory, or other natural mechanisms, but typically also i ...
of invasive weeds, and many of these small moths and their caterpillars are an important food source for other animals. A few species from the Hawaiian Islands are suspected to be extinct due to disappearance of their food plants. Another well-known species is the jumping bean moth ('' C. saltitans''), whose caterpillars live in '' Sebastiania'' seeds, turning them into the famous "
Mexican jumping bean Mexican jumping beans (also known as ' in Spanish) are seed pods that have been inhabited by the larva of a small moth (''Cydia saltitans'') and are native to Mexico. The "bean" is usually tan to brown. They are from the shrub '' Sebastiania pa ...
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Species

Roughly 215
species In biology, a species is the basic unit of classification and a taxonomic rank of an organism, as well as a unit of biodiversity. A species is often defined as the largest group of organisms in which any two individuals of the appropriate s ...
are currently recognized in ''Cydia'', though as noted above, the list is provisional: * '' Cydia acerivora'' (Danilevsky in Danilevsky & Kuznetsov, 1968) * '' Cydia adenocarpi'' (Ragonot, 1875) * '' Cydia alabastrina'' Diakonoff, 1983 * '' Cydia alazon'' (Diakonoff, 1976) * '' Cydia albimaculana'' (Fernald, 1879) * '' Cydia albipicta'' (Sauter, 1968) * '' Cydia alienana'' (Caradja, 1916) * '' Cydia americana'' (Walsingham, 1879) * '' Cydia amplana'' – rusty oak moth * '' Cydia amurensis'' (Danilevsky in Danilevsky & Kuznetsov, 1968) * '' Cydia anaranjada'' – slash pine seedworm moth * '' Cydia aphrosema'' Diakonoff, 1987 * '' Cydia aphrospila'' (Meyrick, 1921) * '' Cydia araucariae'' (Pastrana, 1951) * '' Cydia archaeochrysa'' Diakonoff, 1986 * '' Cydia astragalana'' (Staudinger, 1871) * '' Cydia atlantica'' Chambon & Frérot, 1985 * '' Cydia blackmoreana'' (Walsingham, 1903) * '' Cydia bracteatana'' (Fernald in Comstock, 1881) * '' Cydia brownorum'' Rose & Pooni, 2003 * '' Cydia callizona'' (Meyrick, 1911) * '' Cydia canariensis'' (Kuznetzov, 1972) * '' Cydia candana'' (Forbes, 1923) * '' Cydia caradjana'' (Rebel, 1910) * '' Cydia caryana'' – hickory shuckworm moth * '' Cydia celiae'' (Clarke, 1976) * '' Cydia charops'' (Diakonoff, 1971) * '' Cydia chelias'' (Meyrick, 1907) * '' Cydia chlorostola'' (possibly extinct) * '' Cydia cognatana'' (Barrett, 1874) * '' Cydia colorana'' Kearfott, 1907 * '' Cydia commensalana'' (Danilevsky, 1963) * '' Cydia confusana'' (McDunnough, 1935) * '' Cydia conicolana'' (Heylaerts, 1874) * '' Cydia coniferana'' (Saxesen in Ratzeburg, 1840) * '' Cydia conoterma'' (Meyrick, 1922) * '' Cydia conspicua'' * '' Cydia cornucopiae'' (Tengstrom, 1869) * '' Cydia corollana'' (Hübner,
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* '' Cydia cosmophorana'' * '' Cydia costastrigulana'' (McDunnough, 1935) * '' Cydia crassicornis'' (possibly extinct) * '' Cydia cryptomeriae'' (Issiki in Issiki & Mutuura, 1961) * '' Cydia cupressana'' Kearfott, 1907 * '' Cydia curiosa'' Razowski, 2009 * '' Cydia curitibana'' Schönherr, 1987 * '' Cydia curvivalva'' Liu & Yan, 1998 * '' Cydia cytisanthana'' Burmann & Pröse, 1988 * '' Cydia dadionopa'' (Diakonoff, 1976) * '' Cydia daedalota'' (Meyrick, 1916) * '' Cydia dalbergiacola'' Liu, 1992 * '' Cydia damascana'' (Razowski, 1966) * '' Cydia danilevskyi'' (Kuznetzov, 1973) * '' Cydia defensa'' (Meyrick, 1922) * '' Cydia derrai'' Pröse, 1988 * '' Cydia deyana'' (Chrétien, 1915) * '' Cydia dissulta'' Diakonoff, 1983 * '' Cydia dochmasima'' Diakonoff, 1987 * '' Cydia doria'' (Clarke, 1976) * '' Cydia duplicana'' * '' Cydia elpore'' (Diakonoff, 1976) * '' Cydia ergoda'' Razowski, 2013 * '' Cydia ermolenkoi'' (Danilevsky in Danilevsky & Kuznetsov, 1968) * '' Cydia erotella'' (Heinrich, 1923) * '' Cydia ethelinda'' (Meyrick, 1934) * '' Cydia eucyanea'' Walsingham, 1914 * '' Cydia eudesma'' Walsingham, 1914 * '' Cydia exquisitana'' (Rebel, 1889) * '' Cydia fabivora'' (Meyrick, 1928) * '' Cydia fagiglandana'' – beech moth * '' Cydia fahlbergiana'' (Thunberg, 1797) * '' Cydia falsifalcellum'' * '' Cydia farsica'' (Kuznetzov in Danilevsky & Kuznetsov, 1968) * '' Cydia fletcherana'' (Kearfott, 1907) * '' Cydia flexiloqua'' (Heinrich, 1926) * '' Cydia gallaesaliciana'' (Riley, 1881) * '' Cydia garacana'' (Kearfott, 1907) * '' Cydia gilviciliana'' (Staudinger, 1859) * '' Cydia glandicolana'' * '' Cydia grandicula'' (Heinrich, 1926) * '' Cydia grunertiana'' (Ratzeburg, 1868) * '' Cydia guttifera'' (Meyrick, 1913) * '' Cydia gypsograpta'' (possibly extinct) * '' Cydia honorana'' (Herrich-Schffer, 1851) * '' Cydia hygrotrema'' (Diakonoff, 1971) * '' Cydia ilipulana'' (Walsingham, 1903) * '' Cydia illustrana'' (Kuznetzov in Ler, 1986) * '' Cydia illutana'' * '' Cydia indivisa'' * '' Cydia infausta'' (Walsingham, 1900) * '' Cydia inflata'' (Meyrick, 1916) * '' Cydia informosana'' (Walker, 1863) * '' Cydia ingens'' – longleaf pine seedworm moth * '' Cydia ingrata'' (Heinrich, 1926) * '' Cydia injectiva'' (Heinrich, 1926) * '' Cydia inopiosa'' (Heinrich, 1926) * '' Cydia inquinatana'' * '' Cydia interscindana'' (Möschler, 1866) * '' Cydia intexta'' (Kawabe, 1980) * '' Cydia japonensis'' Kawabe, 1980 * '' Cydia johanssoni'' Aarvik & Karsholt, 1993 * '' Cydia kamijoi'' (Oku, 1968) * '' Cydia kozlovi'' (Kuznetzov, 1962) * '' Cydia kurokoi'' – nut fruit tortrix * '' Cydia lacustrina'' (Miller, 1976) * '' Cydia lajonquierei'' (Capuse, 1970) * '' Cydia largo'' Heppner, 1981 * '' Cydia laricana'' (Busck, 1916) * '' Cydia laricicolana'' (Kuznetzov, 1960) * '' Cydia larimana'' (Walsingham, 1895) * '' Cydia latifemoris'' * '' Cydia latiferreana'' – filbertworm moth (sometimes separated in ''Melissopus'') * '' Cydia latisigna'' Miller, 1986 * '' Cydia lautiuscula'' (Heinrich, 1926) * '' Cydia leguminana'' (Lienig & Zeller, 1846) * '' Cydia leucobasis'' (Busck, 1916) * '' Cydia leucogrammana'' (Hofmann, 1898) * '' Cydia leucostoma'' – tea flush worm * '' Cydia maackiana'' (Danilevsky, 1963) * '' Cydia malesana'' (Meyrick, 1920) * '' Cydia marathonana'' Pröse & Sutter, 1973 * '' Cydia maxima'' (Kuznetzov, 1973) * '' Cydia medicaginis'' – alfalfa moth * '' Cydia mediocris'' (Kuznetzov, 1972) * '' Cydia melanoptycha'' Diakonoff, 1983 * '' Cydia membrosa'' (Heinrich, 1926) * '' Cydia menoides'' Walsingham, 1914 * '' Cydia microgrammana'' (Guenée, 1845) * '' Cydia millenniana'' – larch gall moth * '' Cydia miscitata'' (Heinrich, 1926) * '' Cydia montana'' * '' Cydia montezuma'' Miller, 1986 * '' Cydia monticola'' (Kuznetzov, 1962) * '' Cydia multilineana'' (Kearfott, 1907) * '' Cydia multistriana'' (Chrétien, 1915) * '' Cydia nebulocula'' (Diakonoff, 1976) * '' Cydia negatana'' (Rebel in Rebel & Rogenhofer, 1896) * '' Cydia neolopha'' (Meyrick, 1926) * '' Cydia nigra'' (Miller, 1966) * ''
Cydia nigricana ''Cydia nigricana'', the pea moth, is a moth of the family Tortricidae. It is found in Europe. Description It is a small (15 mm wingspan), grey-brown moth whose larvae (caterpillars) feed in the pods of garden peas. They have a long antenn ...
'' – pea moth * '' Cydia ninana'' Dyar, 1903 * '' Cydia nomaea'' (Meyrick, 1917) * '' Cydia obliqua'' (may belong in ''C. plicatum'') * '' Cydia obnisa'' (Heinrich, 1926) * '' Cydia obtecta'' (Meyrick, 1922) * '' Cydia obumbrana'' Kuznetzov, 1992 * '' Cydia odontica'' Diakonoff, 1983 * '' Cydia omana'' Razowski, 1995 * '' Cydia oxytropidis'' (Martini, 1912) * '' Cydia pactolana'' – spruce bark tortrix * '' Cydia palmetum'' (Heinrich, 1928) * '' Cydia pamira'' (Obraztsov, 1943) * '' Cydia parapteryx'' * '' Cydia peiui'' (Stanoiu & Neme, 1974) * '' Cydia pentalychna'' (Meyrick in Caradja & Meyrick, 1938) * '' Cydia perelegans'' (Kuznetzov, 1962) * '' Cydia perfricta'' (Meyrick, 1920) * '' Cydia periclydonia'' Diakonoff, 1983 * '' Cydia perlaeta'' Walsingham, 1914 * '' Cydia perrupta'' (Meyrick, 1922) * '' Cydia persica'' (Kuznetzov in Danilevsky & Kuznetsov, 1968) * '' Cydia phalacris'' (Meyrick, 1912) * '' Cydia phyllisi'' Miller, 1986 * '' Cydia piperana'' – ponderosa pine seedworm moth * '' Cydia plicatum'' (may include ''C. obliqua, C. storeella'') * '' Cydia plumbiferana'' (Staudinger, 1871) * ''
Cydia pomonella The codling moth (''Cydia pomonella'') is a member of the Lepidopteran family Tortricidae. They are major pests to agricultural crops, mainly fruits such as apples and pears. Because the larvae are not able to feed on leaves, they are highly d ...
'' – codling moth * '' Cydia populana'' (Busck, 1916) * '' Cydia prismatica'' (Meyrick, 1911) * '' Cydia prosperana'' (Kearfott, 1907) * '' Cydia pseudomalesana'' Clarke, 1986 * '' Cydia pseudotsugae'' (Evans, 1969) * '' Cydia pulchella'' Durrant in Walsingham, 1914 * '' Cydia pycnochra'' (Meyrick, 1920) * '' Cydia pyraspis'' (Meyrick, 1928) * '' Cydia pyrivora'' – pear fruit moth, pear tortricid * '' Cydia rana'' (Forbes, 1924) * '' Cydia reflectrix'' (Meyrick, 1928) * '' Cydia rhodaspis'' (Meyrick, 1928) * '' Cydia rjabovi'' (Kuznetzov, 1962) * '' Cydia rufipennis'' * '' Cydia saltitans'' – jumping bean moth * '' Cydia sammuti'' Diakonoff, 1986 * '' Cydia secretana'' (Kuznetzov, 1973) * '' Cydia seductana'' (Kuznetzov, 1962) * '' Cydia semicinctana'' (Kennel, 1901) * ''
Cydia servillana ''Cydia servillana'' is a moth of the family Tortricidae which forms galls on the young shoots of willow (''Salix'' species). It was first described by Philogène Auguste Joseph Duponchel in 1836. Description A single egg is laid on the buds of t ...
'' (Duponchel in Godart, 1836) * '' Cydia siderocosma'' (Diakonoff, 1969) * '' Cydia signifer'' Walsingham, 1914 * '' Cydia silvana'' (Kuznetzov, 1970) * '' Cydia splendana'' – chestnut tortrix, acorn moth * '' Cydia staphiditis'' (Meyrick, 1930) * '' Cydia stirpicola'' (Meyrick, 1926) * '' Cydia storeella'' (possibly extinct or belongs in ''C. plicatum'') * '' Cydia striatana'' (Caradja, 1916) * '' Cydia strigulatana'' (Kennel, 1899) * '' Cydia strobilella'' – spruce seed moth * '' Cydia succedana'' * '' Cydia sumptuosana'' (Rebel in Rebel & Zerny, 1928) * '' Cydia tana'' (Kearfott, 1907) * '' Cydia taocosma'' (Meyrick, 1914) * '' Cydia tonosticha'' (Meyrick, 1922) * '' Cydia toreuta'' – eastern pine seedworm moth * '' Cydia torostoma'' (Clarke, 1972) * '' Cydia trasias'' (Meyrick, 1928) * '' Cydia trichota'' Diakonoff, 1988 * '' Cydia trifascicolana'' Schönherr, 1987 * '' Cydia trogodana'' Pröse, 1988 * '' Cydia tropicana'' Kuznetzov, 1992 * '' Cydia tunisiana'' Aarvik & Karsholt, 1993 * '' Cydia turcianae'' Chambon in Chambon, Witzgall & Bengtsson, 1993 * '' Cydia ulicetana'' * '' Cydia undosa'' (Diakonoff, 1957) * '' Cydia uranatma'' (Meyrick, 1936) * '' Cydia vallesiaca'' (Sauter, 1968) * '' Cydia walsinghamii'' * '' Cydia zebeana'' – larch bark moth


Former species

* '' Cydia euryteles'' (Meyrick, 1936)


Synonyms

Obsolete scientific names ( junior synonyms and others) of ''Cydia'' are: * ''Adenoneura'' Walsingham, 1907 * ''Carpocampa'' Harris, 1841 (unjustified emendation) * ''Carpocapsa'' Treitschke, 1829 * ''Cerata'' Stephens, 1852 * ''Coccyx'' Treitschke, 1829 * ''Collicularia'' Obraztsov, 1960 * ''Crobilophora'' (''
lapsus In philology, a lapsus (Latin for "lapse, slip, error") is an involuntary mistake made while writing or speaking. Investigations In 1895 an investigation into verbal slips was undertaken by a philologist and a psychologist, Rudolf Meringer and ...
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* ''Crobylophora'' Kennel, 1910 (''non'' Meyrick, 1880: preoccupied) * ''Danilevskia'' Kuznetzov, 1970 * ''Dicraniana'' Diakonoff, 1984 * ''Erminea'' Kirby & Spence, 1826 * ''Erminia'' (''lapsus'') * ''Hedulia'' Heinrich, 1926 * ''Kenneliola'' Paclt, 1951 * ''Lasperesia'' (''lapsus'') * ''Laspeyresia'' Hübner, 1825 (''non'' R.L., 1817: preoccupied) * ''Lespeyresia'' (''lapsus'') * ''Melisopus'' (''lapsus'') * ''Melissopus'' Riley, 1882 * ''Melliopus'' (''lapsus'') * ''Mellisopus'' (''lapsus'') * ''Mellissopus'' (''lapsus'') * ''Phanetoprepa'' Obraztsov, 1968 * ''Pseudotomoides'' Obraztsov, 1959 * ''Semasia'' Stephens, 1829 * ''Strobila'' Sodoffsky, 1837 (''non'' Sars, 1829: preoccupied) In addition to the uncertain relationship of ''Cydia'' and ''
Grapholita ''Grapholita'' is a large genus of tortrix moths (family Tortricidae). It belongs to subfamily Olethreutinae, and therein to the tribe Grapholitini, of which it is the type genus.Baixeras et al. (2009a) Taxonomy and systematics Georg Friedrich T ...
'' already mentioned above, the synonymy of the present genus has been subject to some confusion with its close relative '' Pammene'': ''Eucelis, Trycheris'' and ''Orchemia'' are sometimes listed as junior synonyms of ''Cydia'', but the
type species In zoological nomenclature, a type species (''species typica'') is the species name with which the name of a genus or subgenus is considered to be permanently taxonomically associated, i.e., the species that contains the biological type specime ...
of the former two is ''Tortrix mediana'' (a junior synonym of '' P. aurana''), and that of the third is '' Orchemia gallicana'' (a junior synonym of '' P. gallicana'').Baixeras, J.; Brown, J.W. & Gilligan, T.M. (2009c)
Online World Catalogue of the Tortricidae
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Genus ''Pammene'' account
Version 1.3.1. Retrieved 2009-Apr-19.


References


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Eurasian ''Cydia'' of Economic Importance
{{Taxonbar, from=Q898181 Grapholitini Tortricidae genera Taxa named by Jacob Hübner Insect pests of millets