Syntozyga ephippias

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Syntozyga ephippias
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S. ephippias
Binomial name
Syntozyga ephippias
(Meyrick, 1907)
Synonyms
  • Chrosis ephippiasMeyrick, 1907
  • Polychrosis ephippias(Meyrick, 1909)
  • Bubonoxena ephippiasDiakonoff, 1968

Syntozyga ephippias is a tortrix moth (family Tortricidae), belonging to tribe Eucosmini of subfamily Olethreutinae. The species was first described by Edward Meyrick in 1907. It is found Sri Lanka, [1] India, [2] the Democratic Republic of the Congo, South Africa and Rodrigues. [3]

Larval food plants are Commelina benghalensis (Commelinaceae) [4] and Bambusa species. [5]

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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.
  3. De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2018). "Syntozyga ephippias (Meyrick, 1907)". Afromoths. Retrieved 15 October 2018.
  4. Diakonoff A., 1973, The South Asiatic Olethreutini: (Lepidoptera Tortricidae). Page 347.
  5. "HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants". The Natural History Museum. Retrieved 28 July 2018.