Rhopobota naevana

Rhopobota naevana, the holly tortrix moth, holly leaf tier or blackheaded fireworm, is a moth of the family Tortricidae. It is found from Europe (including the British Isles) to eastern Russia, China (Tianjin, Hebei, Inner Mongolia, Liaoning, Jilin, Heilongjiang, Zhejiang, Anhui, Fujian, Jiangxi, Henan, Hubei, Hunan, Guangdong, Sichuan, Guizhou, Yunnan, Tibet, Shaanxi, Gansu), Taiwan, Mongolia, Korea and Japan.[2] It is also present in India, Sri Lanka and North America.

Rhopobota naevana
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Tortricidae
Genus:	Rhopobota
Species:	R. naevana
Binomial name
Rhopobota naevana (Hubner, [1814-1817])[1]
Synonyms
Tortrix naevana Hubner, [1814-1817] Lithographia geminana Stephens, 1852 Epinotia ilicifoliana Kearfott, 1907 Sciaphila luctiferana Walker, 1863 Laspeyresia malivorella Matsumura, 1931 Acroclita microrrhyncha Meyrick, 1931 Rhopobota naebana Park, in Shin, 1983 Tortrix unipunctana Haworth, [1811] Anchylopera vacciniana Packard, 1869

The wingspan is 12–16 mm. The forewings are grey, often obscurely striated or suffused with whitish. The large basal patch has an angulated edge , and is anteriorly suffused. The central fascia has a posterior median projection and is suffusedly dark fuscous, sometimes blackmarked. There are some small dark fuscous spots on costa posteriorly, and a suffused streak beneath them from the apex. The ocellus is broadly edged with light metallic-grey. The hindwings are grey ; in male beneath suffused with black towards the costa. The larva is light grey-green, sides more yellowish; head black or blackish - brown ; plate of 2 black [3] Adults are on wing from late June to early September.

The larvae feed on Vaccinium, Erica carnea, Ilex, Malus, Crataegus, Sorbus, Prunus, Pyrus and Rhamnus. The larvae can be a pest on cultivated apple, pear and cranberry, eating young leaves, flowers and occasionally, newly set fruits. They can also kill young lateral shoots.