| Hystrichophora taleana | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Tortricidae |
| Genus: | Hystrichophora |
| Species: | H. taleana |
| Binomial name | |
| Hystrichophora taleana (Grote, 1878)[1][2] |
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The Indigobush Twig Borer (Hystrichophora taleana) is a moth of the Tortricidae family. It is known from the Washington and Sharkey Counties in Mississippi and Chico County in south-eastern Arkansas.
The wingspan is 13-17 mm. Adults are greyish brown. There are possibly more than one generations per year.
The larvae feed on Indigobush. They feed on the shoots of their host plant and make short tunnels in twigs and terminals. Pupation takes place in burrows.[3]