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Syntozyga ephippias
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Tortricidae
Genus: Syntozyga
Species: S. ephippias
Binomial name
Syntozyga ephippias
(Meyrick, 1907)
Synonyms
  • Chrosis ephippias Meyrick, 1907
  • Polychrosis ephippias (Meyrick, 1909)
  • Bubonoxena ephippias Diakonoff, 1968

Syntozyga ephippias is a tortrix moth (family Tortricidae), belonging to tribe Eucosmini of subfamily Olethreutinae. The species was first described by Edward Meyrick in 1907. It is found Sri Lanka, India, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, South Africa and Rodrigues.

Larval food plants are Commelina benghalensis (Commelinaceae) and Bambusa species.

References

  • Meyrick, 1907. "Descriptions of Indian Micro-Lepidoptera. III". Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society. 17(3):730–754.
  1. Koçak, Ahmet Ömer; Kemal, Muhabbet (20 February 2012). "Preliminary list of the Lepidoptera of Sri Lanka". Cesa News (79). Centre for Entomological Studies Ankara: 1–57 – via Academia.
  2. Diakonoff, A. (1982). "On a Collection of Some Families of Micro-Lepidoptera from Sri Lanka (Ceylon)". Zoologische Verhandelingen. 193: 1–124 – via Naturalis Biodiversity Center.
  3. De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2018). "Syntozyga ephippias (Meyrick, 1907)". Afromoths. Retrieved 15 October 2018.
  4. Diakonoff A., 1973, The South Asiatic Olethreutini: (Lepidoptera Tortricidae). Page 347.
  5. "HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants". The Natural History Museum. Retrieved 28 July 2018.
Taxon identifiers
Syntozyga ephippias


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