Homona coffearia (tea tortrix)

Pictures

Picture	Title	Caption	Copyright
Title Adult Caption Wingspan, females 12-13 mm, males 8-10 mm, forewings with one or two pale bands running obliquely across them, in males the darker areas have a more intricate pattern. Copyright Natural History Museum, London	Adult	Wingspan, females 12-13 mm, males 8-10 mm, forewings with one or two pale bands running obliquely across them, in males the darker areas have a more intricate pattern.	Natural History Museum, London
Title Larva Caption Larvae have a shiny black head and grow up to about 25 mm in length. Copyright James Litsinger	Larva	Larvae have a shiny black head and grow up to about 25 mm in length.	James Litsinger
Title Larva and damage Caption Larval damage, including webbing, on mung bean. Copyright James Litsinger	Larva and damage	Larval damage, including webbing, on mung bean.	James Litsinger
Title Homona coffearia on tea Caption Homona coffearia on tea. Copyright ©CTC/Zeneca	Homona coffearia on tea	Homona coffearia on tea.	©CTC/Zeneca
Title Damage symptoms on tea plant Caption Damage by Homona coffearia on tea plant. Copyright ©CTC/Zeneca	Damage symptoms on tea plant	Damage by Homona coffearia on tea plant.	©CTC/Zeneca

Identity

Preferred Scientific Name

• Homona coffearia (Nietner, 1861)

Preferred Common Name

• tea tortrix

Other Scientific Names

• Capua coffearia (Nietner, 1861)
• Godana simulana Walker, 1866
• Homona fasciculana Walker, 1863
• Homona fimbriana Walker, 1869
• Homona menciana (Walker, 1863)
• Homona socialis Meyrick, 1912
• Tortrix coffearia (Nietner, 1861)

International Common Names

• English: coffee tortrix; tea flushworm; tea tortricid
• French: tordeuse du theier

Local Common Names

• Germany: tee-wickler
• Japan: tya-hamaki
• Netherlands: zwartkoprups an tee

EPPO code

• HOMOCO (Homona coffearia)

Taxonomic Tree

• Domain: Eukaryota
•     Kingdom: Metazoa
•         Phylum: Arthropoda
•             Subphylum: Uniramia
•                 Class: Insecta
•                     Order: Lepidoptera
•                         Family: Tortricidae
•                             Genus: Homona
•                                 Species: Homona coffearia

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

Chacko MJ, 1987. Biological control with exotic as well as indigenous natural enemies. Journal of Coffee Research, 17(1):109-113

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

EPPO, 2014. PQR database. Paris, France: European and Mediterranean Plant Protection Organization. http://www.eppo.int/DATABASES/pqr/pqr.htm

Gadd CH, 1946. Macrocentrus homonae - a polyembryonic parasite of tea tortrix (Homonae coffearia). Ceylon Journal of Science (B), 23:67-79.

Liu S-K, 1964. Note on nine litchi flower and fruit borers in Kwangtung Province. Acta entomologica sinica, 13:145-158.

Meyrick E, 1910. Revision of Australian Tortricina. Proceedings of the Linnaean Society of New South Wales, 35:139-294.

Mills NJ, Carl KP, 1991. Parasitoids and predators. In: Van der Geest LPS, Evenhuis, HH, eds. Tortricid Pests their Biology, Natural Enemies and Control. Amsterdam, Netherlands: Elsevier, 235-252.

Muraleedharan N, Selvasundaram R, 1991. Bio-ecology of Phytodietus spinipes (Cameron) a parasitoid of Homona coffearia Nietner, the tea tortrix. Journal of Plantation Crops, 19(1):26-32

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

Nietner J, 1861. Observations on the enemies of the coffee tree in Ceylon. Colombo, Sri Lanka: Ceylon Times.

Selvasundaram R, Muraleedharan N, 1987. Natural enemies of certain leaf folding caterpillar pests of tea in southern India. Journal of Coffee Research, 17(1):118-119

Selvasundaram R, Muraleedharan N, 1989. Observations on the larval parasitoids of Homona coffearia (Nietner) (Tortricidae: Lepidoptera) in a tea garden at the Annamalais. Journal of Plantation Crops, 16(Supplement):185-188

Tamaki Y, 1991. Tortricids in tea. In: Van der Geest LPS, Evenhuis HH, eds. Tortricid Pests their Biology, Natural Enemies and Control. Amsterdam, Netherlands: Elsevier, 541-551.

Van der Geest LPS, Wearing CH, Dugdale JS, 1991. Tortricids in miscellaneous crops. In: Van der Geest LPS, Evenhuis HH, eds. Tortricid Pests their Biology, Natural Enemies and Control. Amsterdam, Netherlands: Elsevier, 563-577.

Waterhouse DF, 1993. The Major Arthropod Pests and Weeds of Agriculture in Southeast Asia. ACIAR Monograph No. 21. Canberra, Australia: Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research, 141 pp.

Whittle CP, Bellas TE, Horak M, Pinese B, 1987. The sex pheromone and taxonomic status of Homona spargotis Meyrick sp. rev., an Australian pest species of the coffearia group (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae: Tortricinp). Journal of the Australian Entomological Society, 26(2):169-179

Zhang BC(Compiler), 1994. Index of economically important Lepidoptera. Wallingford, UK: CAB International, 599 pp.

Zhou ZhongShi, Deng GuoRong, 2006. Natural enemies of leaf rollers on longan and litchi and their control efficiency. Chinese Journal of Biological Control, 22(1):78-80.

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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