Archips mimicus

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Archips mimicus
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Tortricidae
Genus: Archips
Species:
A. mimicus
Binomial name
Archips mimicus
Walsingham, in Swinhoe, 1900 [1]
Synonyms
  • Cacoecia epicyrtaMeyrick, 1905
  • Archips mimica
  • Archips epicyrta

Archips mimicus is a species of moth of the family Tortricidae first described by Lord Walsingham in 1900. It is found in India, Sri Lanka [2] and Malaysia. In the Catalogue of Life, the species is considered as a synonym of Archips dispilana . [3]

Biology

It is superficially similar to Archips eupatris . [4]

The larvae feed on Morus , Nephelium lappaceum , Peltophorum , Piper , Prunus , Psidium guajava , Renanthera coccinea , Theobroma cacao , Uncaria gambir , Amherstia nobilis , Bouea macrophylla , Camellia sinensis , Capsicum , Citrus , Coffea liberica , Dalbergia sissoo , Duranta , Glycine max , Indigofera zollingeriana and Lantana species (including Lantana camara ). [5]

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References

  1. Tortricidae.com
  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. Retrieved 29 July 2018.
  3. "Species Details: Archips dispilana Walker, 1864". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 29 July 2018.
  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.
  5. HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants