Cydia leucostoma
Cydia leucostoma, the tea flush worm, is a moth of the family Tortricidae. It is found in India, Sri Lanka, Taiwan and Indonesia (Java and Brunei).
| Tea flush worm | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Tortricidae |
| Genus: | Cydia |
| Species: | C. leucostoma |
| Binomial name | |
| Cydia leucostoma (Meyrick, 1912) | |
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The wingspan is 11–15 mm. Adults are on wing from May to October.
The larvae feed on Camellia sinensis and wild tea. The larvae attack the tea plants, making tight rolls of the bud and top leaves of young shoots. Infestation affects both the yield and the quality of the tea.
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