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Meridemis invalidana

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Species of moth

Meridemis invalidana
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Tortricidae
Genus: Meridemis
Species: M. invalidana
Binomial name
Meridemis invalidana
(Walker, 1863)
Synonyms
  • Tortrix invalidana Walker, 1863
  • Epagoge invalidana Meyrick, 1908
  • Capua invalidana Meyrick, 1912
  • Dichelia detractana (nec Walker) Walsingham, in Swinhoe, 1885
  • Epagoge retractana (nec Walker) Walsingham, 1900
  • Capua retractana (nec Walker) Meyrick, 1912
  • Homona retractana (nec Walker) Obraztsov, 1954
  • Meridemis invalidana Diakonoff, 1976

Meridemis invalidana is a species of moth of the family Tortricidae first described by Francis Walker in 1863. It is found in India, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Vietnam, Malaysia, China, Taiwan and Korea.

The larvae feed on Piper betle.

References

  1. Tortricid.net
  2. "Species Details: Meridemis invalidana Walker, 1863". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 29 July 2018.
  3. 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.
  4. 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.
Taxon identifiers
Meridemis invalidana


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