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Acanthoclita balanoptycha

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Acanthoclita balanoptycha
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Tortricidae
Genus: Acanthoclita
Species:
A. balanoptycha
Binomial name
Acanthoclita balanoptycha
(Meyrick, 1910)
Synonyms
  • Eucosma balanoptycha Meyrick, 1910

Acanthoclita balanoptycha is a moth of the family Tortricidae first described by Edward Meyrick in 1910.[1] It is found in Oriental tropics of India, Sri Lanka,[2] Malaysia and Micronesia.[3]

Larval food plants are Butea monosperma, Millettia pinnata, Derris elliptica, Derris malaccensis, Millettia auriculata and Ehretia species.[4]

References

  1. ^ "Species Details: Acanthoclita balanoptycha Meyrick, 1910". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 29 June 2018.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ "HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants". The Natural History Museum. Retrieved 28 June 2018.