Lantana-control

Guides

• Crocidosema lantana

  Lantana Flower-Cluster Moth, Lantana Tortricid Moth

  Crocidosema lantana is a tortricid moth native to Mexico and the southern United States, deliberately introduced to Hawaii (1902), Australia (1914), and the Caroline Islands (1948–1949) as a biological control agent for invasive Lantana weeds. The species has also been recorded in Yunnan, China and Sri Lanka. It was first described by August Busck in 1910. The larvae develop within pods of Bignonia chrysantha.

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