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Pea moth

Cydia nigricana (Fabricius, 1794)

Status not recordedbutterflies and moths

The pea moth (Cydia nigricana) is a species in the family Tortricidae, order Lepidoptera.

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Quick facts about the pea moth

Weight
Not recorded
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does the pea moth live?

Not recorded

Where has it been introduced?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the pea moth as introduced in 1 country.

  1. United States

Introduced means brought by people and now present; invasive means the country's checklist records an impact. A species can be native to one part of a country and introduced in another. Source: Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species (CC BY 4.0).

Is the pea moth endangered?

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

How is the pea moth classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classInsecta
  4. orderLepidoptera
  5. familyTortricidae
  6. genusCydia
  7. SpeciesCydia nigricana (Fabricius, 1794)

Synonyms Cydia asiatica, Cydia dandana, Cydia nigricana asiatica, Cydia novimundi, Cydia pisana, Cydia proximana, Cydia ratifera, Cydia rativera, Cydia rusticella, Cydia tenebricosana, Cydia viciana, Enarmonia dandana, Enarmonia ratifera, Endopisa pisana, Endopisa tenebricosana, Endopisa viciana, Grapholitha nigricana, Grapholitha tenebrosana, Laspeyresia novimundi, Laspeyresia rativera, Phalaena rusticella, Pyralis nigricana, Tortrix proximana

Other names and names in other languages (20)
  • obaleč hrachovýCzech
  • Gwyfyn PysWelsh
  • ÆrteviklerDanish
  • ErbsenwicklerGerman
  • hernekääriäinenFinnish
  • エンドウシンクイJapanese
  • 완두애기잎말이나방Korean
  • Žirninis vaisėdisLithuanian
  • erteviklerNorwegian Bokmål
  • ErwtenbladrollerDutch
  • erteviklarNorwegian Nynorsk
  • wydrążka czerniejeczkaPolish
  • Гороховая плодожоркаRussian
  • Plodokaz hrachovýSlovak
  • ärtvecklareSwedish
  • Bezelye KurduTurkish
  • Плодожерка гороховаUkrainian
  • Gwyfynod PysWelsh
  • erteglansviklerNorwegian Bokmål
  • erteglansviklarNorwegian Nynorsk

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the pea moth

Other species in the same genus Cydia.

Codlin moth

Cydia pomonella

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Is the pea moth an invasive species?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the pea moth as introduced in 1 country: United States, but does not flag it as invasive in any of them.

What kind of animal is the pea moth?

The pea moth (Cydia nigricana) belongs to the family Tortricidae in the order Lepidoptera.

Sources and how to cite this page

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Pea moth (Cydia nigricana). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/pea-moth

MLA

“Pea moth (Cydia nigricana).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/pea-moth.

BibTeX
@misc{pea_moth_2026,
  title = {Pea moth (Cydia nigricana)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/pea-moth},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-13}
}