1. PaDIL Species Factsheet Scientific Name: Isotenes miserana (Walker, 1863) (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae: Tortricinae: Archipini) Common Name Orange Fruit Borer Live link: http://www.padil.gov.au/maf-border/Pest/Main/141589 Image Library New Zealand Biosecurity Live link: http://www.padil.gov.au/maf-border/ Partners for New Zealand Biosecurity image library Landcare Research — Manaaki Whenua http://www.landcareresearch.co.nz/ MPI (Ministry for Primary Industries) http://www.biosecurity.govt.nz/ 2. Species Information 2.1. Details Specimen Contact: MAF Plant Health & Environment Laboratory - [email protected] Author: MAF Plant Health & Environment Laboratory Citation: MAF Plant Health & Environment Laboratory (2011) Orange Fruit Borer(Isotenes miserana)Updated on 4/9/2014 Available online: PaDIL - http://www.padil.gov.au Image Use: Free for use under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC BY- NC 4.0) 2.2. URL Live link: http://www.padil.gov.au/maf-border/Pest/Main/141589 2.3. Facets Commodity Overview: Horticulture Commodity Type: Citrus produce, Rosaceous produce, 1 Other Distribution: 0 Unknown Status: NZ - Exotic Groups: Moths Host Family: 0 Unknown Pest Status: 0 Unknown 2.4. Other Names Teras absumptana Walker, 1866 Teras miserana Walker, 1863 2.5. Diagnostic Notes **Adult** Wing-span 18-23 mm; forewings flat at rest. Forewing veins R4, R5 arising separately from discal cell; forewing pattern brownish grey markings on lighter grey/ash. **Male**: Costal fold ca half forewing length, fringed with long broad flat scales; abdomen appearing expanded and flattened apically; uncus expanded, hood-like, valva convoluted. **Female**: Abdomen apex also expanded with scales dorsally and ventrally, those ventrally (“corethrogyne” or “nailhead”) scales with broad apices; forewing vein R5 to termen; hindwing lacking a cubital pecten; genitalia with a strongly twisted ductus bursae and signum with a slender, upright capitulum. **Egg** Eggs are laid in masses surrounded by a "fence" of upright corethrogyne scales plucked and placed from her abdomen apex by the female. **Larva** Ultimate instar HC evenly dark brown; mandible outer margin evenly rounded, retinaculum (carina) vertical, with two apical teeth; PN marginally dark brown (to level of setae SD2-D2); forelegs brown-sclerotised; body creamy-pallid, faint SD stripe from T2 - A9, and A1-8 D pinacula paler than skin; A1 seta SD1 clearly posterodorsal to Spiracle 1; A8 seta SD1 at 11 o’clock to midpoint of Spiracle 8; A9 with setae D1, SD1 on separate, more or less circular pinacula and setae D2 on a rounded triangular pinaculum lacking anterior flecks; AS with distinct brown border, with seta SD2 base a conspicuous pale spot; setae D1, SD2 half as far apart as SD2 is from SD1, and SD2, SD1 bases pallid on the brown marginal band. **References** - Dugdale, J.S., Gleeson, D., Clunie, L.H., & Holder, P.W. (2005). _A diagnostic guide to Tortricidae encountered in field surveys and quarantine inspections in New Zealand: Morphological and molecular characters_. National Plant Pest Reference Laboratory, 161 pp. 2.6. References - Dugdale, J.S., Gleeson, D., Clunie, L.H., & Holder, P.W. (2005). _A diagnostic guide to Tortricidae encountered in field surveys and quarantine inspections in New Zealand: Morphological and molecular characters_. National Plant Pest Reference Laboratory, 161 pp. 2.7. Web Links Lepidoptera Larvae of Australia: http://lepidoptera.butterflyhouse.com.au/tort/miserana.html 3. Diagnostic Images LEP121 LEP121 Dorsal - Adult: Caroline Harding MAF Dorsal - Larvae: Caroline Harding MAF LEP121 LEP121 Headfront - Larvae: Caroline Harding MAF Headside - Adult: Caroline Harding MAF LEP121 LEP121 Headside - Larvae: Caroline Harding MAF Headtop - Adult: Caroline Harding MAF LEP121 LEP121 Lateral - Adult: Caroline Harding MAF Lateral - Larvae: Caroline Harding MAF LEP121 LEP121 Pro-legs - Larvae: Caroline Harding MAF Ventral - Adult: Caroline Harding MAF LEP121 LEP121 Ventral - Larvae: Caroline Harding MAF Wing - Adult: Caroline Harding MAF Results Generated: Wednesday, September 29, 2021 .