Meridemis invalidana

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Meridemis invalidana
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Tortricidae
Genus: Meridemis
Species:
M. invalidana
Binomial name
Meridemis invalidana
(Walker, 1863) [1]
Synonyms
  • Tortrix invalidanaWalker, 1863
  • Epagoge invalidanaMeyrick, 1908
  • Capua invalidanaMeyrick, 1912
  • Dichelia detractana(nec Walker) Walsingham, in Swinhoe, 1885
  • Epagoge retractana(nec Walker) Walsingham, 1900
  • Capua retractana(nec Walker) Meyrick, 1912
  • Homona retractana(nec Walker) Obraztsov, 1954
  • Meridemis invalidanaDiakonoff, 1976

Meridemis invalidana is a species of moth of the family Tortricidae first described by Francis Walker in 1863. [2] It is found in India, Sri Lanka, [3] Nepal, Vietnam, Malaysia, China, Taiwan and Korea.

The larvae feed on Piper betle . [4]

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References

  1. Tortricid.net
  2. "Species Details: Meridemis invalidana Walker, 1863". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 29 July 2018.
  3. Koçak, Ahmet Ömer; Kemal, Muhabbet (20 February 2012). "Preliminary list of the Lepidoptera of Sri Lanka". Cesa News. Centre for Entomological Studies Ankara (79): 1–57 via Academia.
  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.