| Thaumatotibia encarpa | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Tortricidae |
| Genus: | Thaumatotibia |
| Species: | T. encarpa |
| Binomial name | |
| Thaumatotibia encarpa (Meyrick, 1920) | |
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Thaumatotibia encarpa, the cacao husk borer, is a moth of the family Tortricidae. It is found in south-east Asia, including India, the Chagos Archipelago, New Guinea, Sri Lanka, Vietnam [1] and Malaysia.
The larvae feed on the leaves, fruit and seeds of Citrus , Litchi chinensis , Theobroma cacao and Ziziphus jujuba .