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Plant Health - Pest and Diseases Image Library (PaDIL) Brownheaded leafroller Ctenopseustis obliquana (Walker) (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae: Tortricinae)

Overview Images: Male	Dorsal View	Ventral View
Overview Images: Female	Dorsal View	Ventral View
Diagnostics:
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Distribution and Host plants:	This species is found only in New Zealand, and occurs in all horticultural areas. Larger populations are concentrated in the northern half of the North Island, where it is the dominant leafroller. This leafroller has a wide range of native and introduced host plants, and is an important horticultural pest. Economically important host plants include kiwifruit, pome (pip) and stone fruit, grape, feijoa, and many varieties of citrus and berryfruit crops. Other host plants include pohutukawa, karaka, mahoe, poroporo, coprosma, willow, honeysuckle. privet, poplar, eucalyptus, ivy, cyclamen, orchids, roses, and clover..
References:	Foster, S.P., Dugdale, J.S. and White, C.S., 1991. Sex pheromones and the status of greenheaded and brownheaded leafroller moths in New Zealand. N. Z J. Zool.(18): 63-74. Foster, S.P., Ayers, R.H., and Muggleston, S.J., in press, Trapping and sex pheromone- mediated flight and landing behaviour of male Ctenopseustis obliquana. Entomol. Exp. Appl.
Acknowledgments:	Dr John Marris, Lincoln University, Canterbury New Zealand
Contacts:	Specimens available at Museum Victoria, Melbourne Australia Contact - InfoZone Exotic Plant Pest Hotline Phone No.: 1800 084 881