Fibuloides aestuosa

Fibuloides aestuosa, the greenish chestnut moth, is a moth of the family Tortricidae. It is known from China (Anhui, Henan, Hubei, Guangxi, Liaoning, Sichuan, Yunnan, Zhejiang), Korea, Japan, northern India and Bengal.

Fibuloides aestuosa
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Tortricidae
Genus: Fibuloides
Species:
F. aestuosa
Binomial name
Fibuloides aestuosa
(Meyrick, 1912)
Synonyms
  • Spilonota aestuosa Meyrick 1912
  • Eucoenogenes aestuosa
  • Acroclita ligyropis Meyrick, 1937

The wingspan is 17–21 mm. On Hokkaido island in Japan there is one generation per year, in the south of Japan there are more generations.

The larvae feed on Castanea mollissima and Castanea cranata.[1] They are considered a pest on Castanea crenata. The larvae bore into the nuts.

References
  1. Review of the genus Fibuloides Kuznetsov in China (Lepidoptera, Tortricidae, Olethreutinae)


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