Spilonota

Worldwide distribution with records from Europe (including Austria, Belgium, Britain, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Yugoslavia), Asia (China, Japan, Korea, Pakistan, Russia), Africa (Madeira), and North America (Canada, USA). Specific distribution varies by species; S. ocellana has the broadest recorded range. North Korean records confirmed for S. lechriaspis and S. ocellana.

Several Spilonota species are agricultural pests of fruit trees. Spilonota ocellana (eye-spotted bud moth) is a documented pest of apple, cherry, peach, pear, plum, and quince. Larval feeding damages buds, shoots, and fruit. The species is subject to biological control programs using nuclear-polyhedrosis virus and parasitoid wasps (e.g., Agathis laticinctus).

• EucosmaFormerly included some Spilonota species; S. ocellana was historically placed in Eucosma. Genitalia morphology and wing pattern separate the genera.
• Other Olethreutinae generaSpilonota species are distinguished by characteristic wing patterns including often prominent ocellate or spotted markings, and male genitalia with specific uncus and gnathos structures.

• Tortricidae
• Olethreutinae
• pest
• fruit trees
• agriculture
• biological control
• taxonomy
• worldwide distribution

• BugGuide
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• GBIF taxonomy match
• iNaturalist taxon
• NCBI Taxonomy
• Catalogue of Life
• Spilonota ocellana . [Distribution map].
• A review of the genus Spilonota Stephens (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae) in North Korea
• The Influence of a Virus Disease and Parasites on Spilonota ocellana in Apple Orchards
• Sampling and Distribution of Summer Eye-spotted Bud Moth Spilonota ocellana (D. & S.), Larvae and Nests on Apple Trees
• Status, distribution, and population trends of Galápagos Rail Laterallus spilonota and Paint-billed Crake Neocrex erythrops on the Galápagos Islands