Carnation tortrix
Africa, the USA, Europe, including Malta, Sicily, Sardinia, Crete, the Balearic and Channel Islands as well as Madeira. It is polyphagous, observed on 160 [...] 160 cultivated and wild plant species – trees as well as herbaceous forms - of 42 plant families, and it is the major pests in carnation cultures throughout [...] holes. Finally, at the third larval instar, the whole leaf is attacked and surrounded by a dense silken mass. The larvae hide inside the rolled leaves, growing