TORTRICIDAE ³

Cydia succedana (Denis & Schiffermeuller, 1775). Introduced. Widespread & Abundant.

Habitat, seasonality and behaviour ⁴

Native forest edges and clearings, shrublands, waste ground. Adults can be found all year around. They can be collected by day as they are easily disturbed from their gorse habitat and come to light at night.

Life history ⁴

The larvae feed on Ulex europaeus, Genista, Lotus and Cytisus scoparius. The larva was introduced as an agent to biologically control gorse in New Zealand feeding on the seeds

Sources and Credits

1. (c) Stephen Thorpe, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Stephen Thorpe
2. (c) Tony Steer, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), uploaded by Tony Steer
3. Adapted by Tony Steer from a work by (c) Wikipedia, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cydia_succedana
4. (c) Tony Steer, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA)

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• iNaturalist NZ taxon page
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• HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants
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