Amorbia emigratella

TaxID: 1140643

Basic Information

Amorbia emigratella

Mexican leaf-roller, Mexican leafroller, Mexican Leaf-roller

Amorbia emigratella, the Mexican leaf-roller, is a moth of the family Tortricidae. Although it was described from Hawaii (where it is found on Kauai, Oahu, Molokai, Maui and Hawaii), it is known to be a native of the southern United States, Mexico and Central America. It was first described by August Busck in 1910. The length of the forewings is 8 C11 mm for males and 11.5 C12 mm for females. There are multiple generations per year. The larvae have been recorded on a wide range of plants, including Acacia koaia, Arachis hypogaea, Brassaia, Brassica oleracea, Carica papaya, Cassia leschenaltiana, Citrus sinensis, Dodonaea viscosa, Dracaena, Gardenia, Gliricidia septum, Gossypium, Ipomoea batatas, Lycopersicon esculentum, Macadamia, Orchidaceae, Passiflora, Persea americana, Phais, Phaseolus, Pipturus, Psidium guajava, Rosa, Rubus, Rubus hawaiiensis, Solanum melongena, Solanum tuberosum, Sophora, Theobroma cacao, Ulex europaeus, Wikstroemia foetida and Zea mays. The pupal stage takes about 10 days.

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Taxonomic Information

Metazoa

Arthropoda

Insecta

Lepidoptera

Tortricidae

Amorbia

emigratella

unclassified

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Morphological Features

Head tan with small dark brown lateral bands. Thorax with tegula concolorous except for a well-defined line of dark brown scales over base of tegula and anterior margin of thorax. Forewing with basal and median areas darker, extending to apex, and absence of distinct costal marks. Abdomen dark yellow, dorsal pit present on segments A2–A6. Male genitalia: sacculus sclerotized, 0.65× length of valva, extending to margin of valva, ventral edge weakly undulate; aedeagus 0.75× length of valva, slender, weakly curved throughout, strongly curved in apical 0.3. Female genitalia: ductus bursae 2.0× length of papillae anales, widening towards corpus bursae, sclerotized in posterior 0.33. Eggs green with a milky colleterial cover that exceeds the egg patch border.

Source: GBIF Life Stage: Adult Source Type: Taxonomic treatment
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Host Plants (0 host plants)

Data sources: EPPO Global Database and relevant literature.

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Quarantine Status (4 records)

Data sources: IPPC website and national quarantine websites; verified by human review.

Country Status Year Added
Argentina Absent 2019
Ecuador Quarantine pests —
Japan Quarantine pests —
Republic of Korea Quarantine pests —

Distribution (3 countries)

Data Sources: EPPO Global Database and GBIF.

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Present
0
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Unknown/Other
Country Status State
Costa Rica Present —
Mexico Present —
United States of America Present —

Distribution Map (Latitude and longitude coordinates sourced from GBIF.)

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Genomes (0 records)

Data source: NCBI.

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Transcriptomes (0 records)

Data source: NCBI.

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