Thaumatotibia leucotreta ( Meyrick, 1913a )

Mbata, Keith J. & Prins, Jurate De, 2023, Annotated checklist of moths of Zambia (Insecta: Lepidoptera), Zootaxa 5354 (1), pp. 1-503 : 42

Thaumatotibia leucotreta ( Meyrick, 1913a)

COMMON NAME (S): False codling moth, Orange moth, Citrus codling moth or Orange codling moth. SYNONYM(S): Thaumatotibia roerigii Zacher, 1915 .

IUCN STATUS: Not Evaluated (NE).

DISTRIBUTION: Angola, Belgium, Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Cabo Verde, Central African Republic, Chad, Côte d’Ivoire, Democratic Republic of Congo, Denmark, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Finland, Gambia, Germany,

Ghana, Israel, Kenya, Lithuania, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritius, Mozambique, Netherlands, Niger, Nigeria,

North America, Réunion, Rwanda, Saint Helena , Sao Tome & Principe, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Slovenia, Spain,

Somalia, South Africa, Sudan, Sweden, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, United Kingdom, United States of America,

Zambia, Zimbabwe.

LOCALITY IN ZAMBIA: Lusaka, in Lusaka Province. LARVAL HOSTPLANT(S): According to the European and Mediterranean Plant Protection Organization ( EPPO), the taxon occurs throughout Africa south of the Sahara. It is a polyphagous pest of fruit crops. It is a major pest of three

Solanaceae species ( Capsicum annuum L., C. chinense Jacq. and Solanum melongena L.), three Rutaceae species ( Citrus paradisi Macfad. , C. reticulata Blanco and C. sinensis (L.) Osbeck), one Malvaceae species ( Gossypium hirsutum L.), one Sapindaceae species ( Litchi chinensis Sonn. ), two Proteaceae species ( Macadamia integrifolia Maiden & Betche and M. ternifolia F.Muell. ), one Anacardiaceae species

( Mangifera indica L.), one Lauraceae species ( Persea americana Mill. ), one Rosaceae species ( Prunus persica (L.) Batsch), one Lythraceae species ( Punica granatum L.), one Fagaceae species ( Quercus robur L.), one Euphorbiaceae species ( Ricinus communis L.), one Vitaceae species ( Vitis vinifera L. )

and one Poaceae species ( Zea mays L. ). It is also a minor pest of one Solanaceae species ( Capsicum sp. ),

two Rutaceae species ( Citrus limon (L.) Osbeck and Citrus sp. and), one Malvaceae species ( Gossypium

sp.), one Fabaceae species ( Phaseolus sp. ) one Rosaceaespecies ( Rosa sp. ) and one Vitaceae species

( Vitis sp. ).

SOURCES: De Prins & De Prins 2022; EPPO 2020; IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2017-1.