Polylopha epidesma | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Tortricidae |
Genus: | Polylopha |
Species: | P. epidesma |
Binomial name | |
Polylopha epidesma Lower, 1901 | |
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Polylopha epidesma is a species of moth of the family Tortricidae first described by Oswald Bertram Lower in 1901. It is found in India, Sri Lanka and Australia.
The wingspan is about 16 mm. The forewings are ashy-grey whitish, mixed with greenish leaden, and strewn with numerous tufts of ashy-grey scales, which become blackish posteriorly. The hindwings are dark fuscous, but lighter on the basal half. Its larval food plant is Polyalthia longifolia.
References
- Tortricidae.com
- "Species Details: Polylopha epidesma Lower, 1901". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 29 July 2018.
- 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.
- Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
- 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 | |
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Polylopha epidesma |
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