Adoxophyes privatana | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Tortricidae |
Genus: | Adoxophyes |
Species: | A. privatana
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Binomial name | |
Adoxophyes privatana (Walker, 1863)[1]
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Adoxophyes privatana, the appleleaf-curling moth,[2] is a moth of the family Tortricidae. The species was first described by Francis Walker in 1863.[3] It is native to south-east Asia, where it has been recorded from Taiwan, Hong Kong, Hainan in China, Nepal, India, Sri-Lanka,[4] Thailand, Vietnam, western Malaysia, Singapore, Sumatra, Java, Borneo, the Philippines and the Chagos Archipelago. It is an accidental introduction in Great Britain.