Cryptophlebia semilunana

Cryptophlebia semilunana
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Tortricidae
Subfamily:	Olethreutinae
Genus:	Cryptophlebia
Species:	C. semilunana
Binomial name
	Cryptophlebia semilunana; (Saalmüller, 1880)
Synonyms
	Carpocapsa semilunana Saalmüller, 1880; Argyroploce praesiliens Meyrick, 1924; Argyroploce xylodelta Meyrick, 1928;

Cryptophlebia semilunana is a moth of the family Tortricidae. It is found in Africa, where it is known from Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, South Africa, Madagascar, Réunion and Mauritius.^[2]

Host plants of the larvae of this species are Fabaceae (Sesbania sp.)^[3]

References

^ Saalmüller 1880. Neue Lepidopteren aus Madagascar, die sich in Museum der Senckenberg'schen naturforschenden Gesellschaft befinden. - Bericht über die Senckenbergische Naturforschende Gesellschaft in Frankfurt a.M. 1879–1880:258–310
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^ Bradley, 1953a. Some important species of the genus Cryptophlebia Walsingham, 1899, with descriptions of three new species (Lepidoptera: Olethreutidae). - Bulletin of Entomological Research 43(4):679–689, pls. 24–25.