Epiphyas caryotis

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Epiphyas caryotis
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Tortricidae
Genus: Epiphyas
Species:
E. caryotis
Binomial name
Epiphyas caryotis
(Meyrick, 1910) [1]
Synonyms
  • Tortrix caryotisMeyrick, 1910

Epiphyas caryotis is a species of moth of the family Tortricidae. It is found in Australia, where it has been recorded from Victoria, the Australian Capital Territory [2] and Tasmania. The habitat consists of montane rainforests and wet eucalypt forests.

The wingspan is about 21.5 mm.

The larvae are polyphagous and have been recorded feeding on Bossiaea , Cassinia , Daviesia , Tasmannia , Epacris , Oxylobium , Parahebe , Pimelea , Pinus and Polyscias species, as well as Nothofogus cunllinghamii and Eucalyptus regnans . [3]

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References

  1. tortricidae.com
  2. "CSIRO Ecosystem Sciences - Australian Moths Online". Archived from the original on 2014-07-15. Retrieved 2014-07-14.
  3. A Checklist of the Tasmanian Tortricid moths (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae) and their Host-Plant relationships