Caloptilia theivora (tea leaf roller)

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Title Adult Caption The forewing is ochre-brown with purple reflections, some ochreous reticulation along dorsum and towards apex, a bright triangular mark on middle of costa, almost reaching across wing to dorsum, some black dots along costal margin. Copyright David Agassiz	Adult	The forewing is ochre-brown with purple reflections, some ochreous reticulation along dorsum and towards apex, a bright triangular mark on middle of costa, almost reaching across wing to dorsum, some black dots along costal margin.	David Agassiz

Identity

Preferred Scientific Name

• Caloptilia theivora (Walsingham), 1891

Preferred Common Name

• tea leaf roller

Other Scientific Names

• Gracilaria theivora
• Gracillaria theivora Walsingham

International Common Names

• English: cross-leaf miner; leafroller of tea
• French: tordeuse theivore

Local Common Names

• Germany: Blattroller, Tee-; Teeblattroller
• Japan: tya-no-sankaku-hamaki
• Netherlands: Dwarsbladroller

EPPO code

• GRACTH (Gracillaria theivora)

Taxonomic Tree

• Domain: Eukaryota
•     Kingdom: Metazoa
•         Phylum: Arthropoda
•             Subphylum: Uniramia
•                 Class: Insecta
•                     Order: Lepidoptera
•                         Family: Gracillariidae
•                             Genus: Caloptilia
•                                 Species: Caloptilia theivora

Distribution Table

The distribution in this summary table is based on all the information available. When several references are cited, they may give conflicting information on the status. Further details may be available for individual references in the Distribution Table Details section which can be selected by going to Generate Report.

Host plants/Plants Affected

Growth Stages

List of Symptoms

Natural Enemies

References

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APPPC, 1987. Insect pests of economic significance affecting major crops of the countries in Asia and the Pacific region. Technical Document No. 135. Bangkok, Thailand: Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific region (RAPA).

Bisht RS, Sharma RK, 2008. Biodiversity of insect pests of tea and their natural enemies in Uttarakhand. Journal of Insect Science (Ludhiana), 21(2):205-207.

Cranham JE, Danthanarayana W, 1971. Tea tortrix (Homona coffearia Nietner). Advisory Pamphlet, Tea Research Institute of Ceylon, No. 5/66, 8 pp.

Damayanti De, Ananda Mukhopadhyay, Ranadhir Chakraborty, 2008. A novel bacterial pathogen (Enterobacter sp.) isolated from the leaf roller, Caloptilia theivora of tea of Darjeeling foothills. World Journal of Microbiology & Biotechnology, 24(11):2727-2729. http://springerlink.metapress.com/link.asp?id=100229

Devi KD, Singh MI, Varatharajan R, 2008. Seasonal abundance of tea leaf roller and aphid along with the incidence of their natural enemies in tea fields of Manipur. Journal of Plantation Crops [PLACROSYM XVIII "Achieving Competitiveness Through Improvement of Productivity and Quality in Plantation Crops", Puttur, Karnataka, India, 10-13 December 2008.], 36(3):443-446. http://www.ispc-jpc.org

Kariya A, 1977. Control of tea pests with Bacillus thuringiensis. JARQ, 11(3):173-178

Kodomari S, 1992. Ecological studies on the tea leafroller, Caloptilia theivora. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications, 189(1):665-669; 6 ref.

Muraleedharan N, Radhakrishnan B, 1989. Recent studies on tea pest management in south India. Bulletin - United Planters' Association of Southern India, No. 43:16-29

Muraleedharan N, Selvasundaram R, Radhakrishnan B, 1988. Natural enemies of certain tea pests occurring in southern India. Insect Science and its Application, 9(5):647-654

Murthy RLN, Chandrasekaran R, 1983. Control of flushworm and leaf-roller in tea evaluation of certain new insecticides. In: Venkata Ram CS, ed. Proceedings of the Second Annual Symposium on Plantation Crops. Plant protection (entomology, microbiology, nematology, plant pathology and rodentology). PLACROSYM II 1979 PLACROSYM Standing Committee Kasaragod, Kerala India, 263-271

Selvasundaram R, Muraleedharan N, 1993. Effect of certain insecticides on a common parasitoid of tea leaf roller. Newsletter - UPASI Tea Research Institute, 2(2):7

Sharma DC, Kashyap NP, 2002. Impact of pesticidal spray on seasonal availability of natural predators and parasitoids in the tea ecosystem. Journal of Biological Control, 16(1):31-35.

Takahashi H, Mitsui J, Takakusa N, Matsuda M, Yoneda H, Suzuki J, Ishimitsu K, Kishimoto T, 1992. NI-25, a new type of systemic and broad spectrum insecticide. Proceedings, Brighton Crop Protection Conference, Pests and Diseases, 1992 Brighton, November 23-26, 1992 Farnham, UK; British Crop Protection Council, 89-96

Unnamalai N, Vaithilingam Sekar, 1995. Bacillus thuringiensis, a biocontrol agent for major tea pests. Current Science, 69(11):939-940; 7 ref.

Xie ZhenLun, Dai SuXian, Cao PanRong, Lai ShiHua, Zeng FuQing, Liu ShengLi, 1994. A study on succession in insect communities in tea plantations not treated with pesticides on the Leizhou Peninsula. Journal of Tea Science, 14(2):141-147

Yuan DC, Robinson GS, 1993. Caloptilia leaf-miner moths (Gracillariidae) of south-east Asia. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), Entomology Series, 62(1), 37 pp.

Distribution Maps

• = Present, no further details
• = Evidence of pathogen
• = Widespread
• = Last reported
• = Localised
• = Presence unconfirmed
• = Confined and subject to quarantine
• = See regional map for distribution within the country
• = Occasional or few reports

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