Leaf-tying-moth
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Orphanostigma haemorrhoidalis
Lantana Leaftier
Orphanostigma haemorrhoidalis, commonly known as the lantana leaftier, is a crambid moth native to the Neotropical region including South America, Central America, Mexico, the Antilles, and the southern United States. The species has been deliberately introduced to several regions outside its native range—Hawaii (1956), Queensland (1958), Réunion, and Mauritius—as a biological control agent targeting invasive Lantana species. First described by Achille Guenée in 1854, this moth is also known under the synonym Salbia haemorrhoidalis. Its common name derives from the larval habit of tying leaves together with silk.