TORTRICIDAE: Tortricinae ⁵

Capua intractana (Walker, 1869). Adventive. Widespread & Common.

Habitat, seasonality and behaviour ⁶

Adults are on the wing mainly from September to April, occasionally other months. It can be attracted to artificial light in small numbers in native forest.

Life history ⁶

Larva feeds on the skins of fruit.

Notes ⁶

It is also found in Australia, including Tasmania.

Sources and Credits

1. (c) Jon Sullivan, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Jon Sullivan
2. (c) Donald Hobern, some rights reserved (CC BY), http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Capua_intractana_(12192576244).jpg
3. George Vernon Hudson , no known copyright restrictions (public domain), http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Fig_24_MA_I437912_TePapa_Plate-LI-The-butterflies_full_(cropped).jpg
4. (c) Tony Steer, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), uploaded by Tony Steer
5. Adapted by Tony Steer from a work by (c) Wikipedia, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capua_intractana
6. (c) Tony Steer, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA)

More Info

• iNaturalist NZ taxon page
• Animal Diversity Web
• Atlas of Living Australia
• Biodiversity Heritage Library
• BOLD Systems BIN search
• CUIC Insect Images
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
• HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants
• Tortricid.net

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