Epinotia canthonias

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Epinotia canthonias
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Tortricidae
Genus: Epinotia
Species:
E. canthonias
Binomial name
Epinotia canthonias
(Meyrick, 1920)
Synonyms
  • Acroclita canthoniasMeyrick, 1920
  • Epinotia canthoniasDiakonoff, 1982

Epinotia canthonias is a species of moth in the family Tortricidae that was first described by Edward Meyrick in 1920. [1] It is found in Sri Lanka [2] and the Bengal region of India. [3]

Larval food plants are Ficus glomerata and the leaves, flowers and shoots of Loranthus species. [4]

References

  1. "Species Details: Epinotia canthonias Meyrick, 1920". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 29 July 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. "Taxonomic studies on the family Tortricidae from North western India" (PDF). Research Gate. Retrieved 28 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.