''Spilonota lechriaspis'', the apple fruit licker, is a
moth of the family
Tortricidae. It is found in eastern
Russia,
China
China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is the world's most populous country, with a population exceeding 1.4 billion, slightly ahead of India. China spans the equivalent of five time zones and ...
(
Tianjin,
Hebei,
Heilongjiang,
Fujian,
Henan,
Shaanxi), the
Korean Peninsula and
Japan
Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan, while extending from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north ...
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Catalogue of Eucosmini from China (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae)
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The wingspan is 12–16 mm. There are one or two generations per year. Larvae hibernate in the western part of Korea.
The larvae feed on '' Malus'', ''Pyrus
Pears are fruits produced and consumed around the world, growing on a tree and harvested in the Northern Hemisphere in late summer into October. The pear tree and shrub are a species of genus ''Pyrus'' , in the family Rosaceae, bearing the po ...
'', Hall's crab, loquat, Chinese bush, ''Pyracantha angustifolia
''Pyracantha angustifolia'' is a species of shrub in the rose family known by the common names narrowleaf firethorn, slender firethorn and woolly firethorn. The flowers are white and produce small round pomes and can be orange to red in color. ...
'' and ''Pyracantha coccinea
''Pyracantha coccinea'', the scarlet firethorn is the European species of firethorn or red firethorn that has been cultivated in gardens since the late 16th century. The tree has small white flowers. It produces small, bright red berries. Its leav ...
''. It is a common pest of apple and pear.
References
External links
Eurasian Tortricidae
Eucosmini
Insects of Korea
Moths described in 1932
Moths of Japan
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