49.0411 BF999a

Adoxophyes privatana

(Walker, 1863)

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Adoxophyes privatana is an accidental introduction in Britain, having been recorded only from Devon in 1986, where it was reared from imported orchids.

The species' normal range is South-east Asia, where it occurs widely and sometimes commonly.

The larva is polyphagous on trees, including fruit trees such as mandarin and guava, feeding in a spinning.

It closely resembles Summer Fruit Tortrix Adoxophyes orana, which however has dark grey hindwings, those of A. privatana being pale yellow-brown.