Temnolopha mosaica
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Tortricidae |
| Genus: | Temnolopha |
| Species: | T. mosaica
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| Binomial name | |
| Temnolopha mosaica Lower, 1901
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Temnolopha mosaica is a moth of the family Tortricidae first described by Oswald Bertram Lower in 1901.[1] It is found in Sri Lanka,[2] Thailand, Cambodia, Java, Sulawesi, the Moluccan Islands, the Philippines and the Australian state of Queensland.[3]
Description
[edit]The wingspan of the adult is 2 cm. Forewings brownish with dark swirly markings.[4] Its larval host plant is Alpinia galanga.[5]
References
[edit]- ^ "Species Details: Temnolopha mosaica 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Herbison-Evans, Don & Crossley, Stella (17 October 2012). "Temnolopha mosaica Lower, 1901". Australian Caterpillars and their Butterflies and Moths. Retrieved 15 October 2018.
- ^ "HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants". The Natural History Museum. Retrieved 28 July 2018.
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