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Southern bell

Crocidosema plebejana Zeller, 1847

Status not recordedbutterflies and moths

The southern bell (Crocidosema plebejana) is a species in the family Tortricidae, order Lepidoptera.

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Quick facts about the southern bell

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 southern bell live?

Not recorded

Where has it been introduced?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the southern bell as introduced in 3 countries.

  1. Cambodia
  2. Ecuador
  3. Ireland

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 southern bell 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 southern bell classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classInsecta
  4. orderLepidoptera
  5. familyTortricidae
  6. genusCrocidosema
  7. SpeciesCrocidosema plebejana Zeller, 1847

Synonyms Crocidesma plebejana, Crocidosema altheana, Crocidosema blackburnii, Crocidosema bostrychodes, Crocidosema charmera, Crocidosema excitana, Crocidosema insulana, Crocidosema iris, Crocidosema lavaterana, Crocidosema obscura, Crocidosema peregrinana, Crocidosema plebeiana, Crocidosema ptiladelpha, Crocidosema tornocycla, Eucosma charmera, Eucosma tornocycla, Grapholitha excitana, Grapholitha peregrinana, Paedisca lavaterana, Penthina altheana, Proteopteryx blackburnii, Steganoptycha obscura, Steganoptycha signatana

Other names and names in other languages (11)
  • Cotton tip wormEnglish
  • Cotton Tipworm mothEnglish
  • Mallow tip borerEnglish
  • Tordeuse de la MauveFrench
  • Déli tükrösmolyHungarian
  • アオイヒメハマキJapanese
  • kattostviklerNorwegian Bokmål
  • WereldbladrollerDutch
  • Листовёртка хлопчатниковаяRussian
  • obaľovač slezovýSlovak
  • kattostfrövecklareSwedish

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the southern bell

Other species in the same genus Crocidosema.

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Is the southern bell an invasive species?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the southern bell as introduced in 3 countries: Cambodia, Ecuador and Ireland, but does not flag it as invasive in any of them.

What kind of animal is the southern bell?

The southern bell (Crocidosema plebejana) belongs to the family Tortricidae in the order Lepidoptera.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-14. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Southern bell (Crocidosema plebejana). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/southern-bell

MLA

“Southern bell (Crocidosema plebejana).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/southern-bell.

BibTeX
@misc{southern_bell_2026,
  title = {Southern bell (Crocidosema plebejana)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/southern-bell},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}