Dudua aprobola (Meyrick, 1886) is a animal in the Tortricidae family, order Lepidoptera, kingdom Animalia. Not known to be toxic.

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Dudua aprobola (Meyrick, 1886)

Dudua aprobola (Meyrick, 1886)

Dudua aprobola is a moth with ~19 mm adult wingspan, found across many tropical regions, with a wide range of recorded larval host plants.

Family
Genus
Dudua
Order
Lepidoptera
Class
Insecta

About Dudua aprobola (Meyrick, 1886)

This species, Dudua aprobola (Meyrick, 1886), has an adult wingspan of approximately 19 mm. Its recorded distribution includes Taiwan, Japan, the Seychelles, Nepal, India, the Chagos Archipelago, Sri Lanka, the Maldives, Myanmar, Vietnam, Thailand, western Malaysia, Sumatra, Java, Bali, Brunei, Kalimantan, the Philippines, Sulawesi, Buru, Ambon, New Guinea, the D'Entrecasteaux Islands, Australia, the Admiralty Islands, New Ireland, the Caroline Islands, the Gilbert Islands, Fiji, Tonga, Samoa, Réunion, Malawi, and Rwanda. Confirmed larval food plants for this species are: Anacardium sp., Arachis hypogaea, Bidens pilosa, Calophyllum inophyllum, Cassia tora, Dahlia sp., Eucalyptus sp., Eugenia jambos, Ficus sp., Flemingia macrophylla, Lagerstroemia speciosa, Lagerstroemia sp., Lantana camara, Litchi chinensis, Loranthus sp., Mangifera indica, Metrosideros collina, Metrosideros villosa, Nephelium litchi, Plumbago zeylanica, Polyalthia longifolia, Psidium guajava, Rosa sp., Salix tetrasperma, and Schleichera trijuga.

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Taxonomy

Animalia Arthropoda Insecta Lepidoptera Tortricidae Dudua

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Sources: GBIF, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, NCBI Taxonomy · Disclaimer

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