Scoliographa acanthis

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Scoliographa acanthis
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S. acanthis
Binomial name
Scoliographa acanthis
(Meyrick, 1920)
Synonyms
  • Polychrosis acanthisMeyrick, 1920
  • Lobesia acanthisClarke, 1958
  • Matsumuraeses acanthisDiakonoff, 1973

Scoliographa acanthis is a moth of the family Tortricidae first described by Edward Meyrick in 1920. It is found in India and Sri Lanka. [1]

Its larval food plant is Justicia gendarussa , where the caterpillar feeds on the stem and leaves. [2]

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References

  1. 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.
  2. 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.