Phricanthes asperana

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Phricanthes asperana
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Tortricidae
Genus: Phricanthes
Species:
P. asperana
Binomial name
Phricanthes asperana
Meyrick, 1881 [1]
Synonyms
  • Polylopha elaphrisLower, 1908

Phricanthes asperana is a species of moth of the family Tortricidae. It is found in Australia from northern Queensland to southern New South Wales. The habitat consists of the margins of rainforests and wet eucalypt forests.

The larvae feed on Hibbertia scandens . They fold the leaves of their host plant. [2]

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