Fibuloides aestuosa
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| Fibuloides aestuosa | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Section: | Cossina |
| Family: | Tortricidae |
| Genus: | Fibuloides |
| Species: | F. aestuosa |
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| Fibuloides aestuosa (Meyrick, 1912) | |
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The Greenish Chestnut Moth (Fibuloides aestuosa) is a moth of the Tortricidae family. It is known from China (Anhui, Henan, Hubei, Guangxi, Liaoning, Sichuan, Yunnan, Zhejiang), Korea, Japan, northern India and Bengal.
The wingspan is 17–21 mm. In Hokkaido 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.
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