Stictea ejectana

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Stictea ejectana
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Tortricidae
Genus: Stictea
Species: S. ejectana
Binomial name
Stictea ejectana
Walker, 1863
Synonyms
  • Strepsicrates ejectana
  • Eucosma eumarodes Meyrick, 1924
  • Spilonota holotephras Meyrick, 1924
  • Strepsicrates igniferana McQuillan, 1992
  • Sciaphila infimana Walker, 1864
  • Conchylis ligniferana Walker, 1863
  • Spilonota mesosticha Turner, 1946
  • Spilonota metabola Turner, 1946
  • Sciaphila saxana Walker, 1863
  • Sciaphila servilisana Walker, 1863
  • Spilonota sphenophora Turner, 1946
  • Spilonota subpallida Turner, 1946
  • Spilonota zophotypa Turner, 1946

Stictea ejectana, the Guava Bud Moth, is a moth of the Tortricidae family. It was described by Walker in 1863. It is found on Fiji and in New Zealand and Australia (New South Wales, Tasmania and Western Australia).

The wingspan is about 20 mm. Adults are brown with a complex pattern on the forewings.

The larvae feed on Psidium guajava and Thryptomene calycina.[1]

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