Crocidosema lantana

Crocidosema lantana, the lantana flower-cluster moth or lantana tortricid moth, is a moth of the family Tortricidae. It was first described by August Busck in 1910. It is native to Mexico and the southern United States, but was introduced to Hawaii in 1902, Australia in 1914 and the Caroline Islands in 1948 and 1949 to aid in the control of Lantana weeds. It has also been recorded from Yunnan, China and in Sri Lanka.^[1]

Crocidosema lantana
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Tortricidae
Genus:	Crocidosema
Species:	C. lantana
Binomial name
Crocidosema lantana Busck, 1910
Synonyms
Epinotia lantana Epinotia corynetes Diakonoff, 1982 Eucosma eridela Turner, 1946 Eucosma perversa Turner, 1946 Eucosma phaedropa Turner, 1946 Eucosma polyphaea Turner, 1926 Eucosma tornocosma Turner, 1946

The larvae feed in pods of Bignonia chrysantha.^[2]