Thaumatotibia encarpa

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Thaumatotibia encarpa
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Tortricidae
Genus: Thaumatotibia
Species:
T. encarpa
Binomial name
Thaumatotibia encarpa
(Meyrick, 1920)
Synonyms
  • Argyroploce encarpaMeyrick, 1920
  • Cryptophlebia encarpa

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 .

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