Archips mimicus explained

Archips mimicus is a species of moth of the family Tortricidae first described by Lord Walsingham in 1900. It is found in India, Sri Lanka^[1] and Malaysia. In the Catalogue of Life, the species is considered as a synonym of Archips dispilana.^[2]

Biology

It is superficially similar to Archips eupatris.^[3]

The larvae feed on Morus, Nephelium lappaceum, Peltophorum, Piper, Prunus, Psidium guajava, Renanthera coccinea, Theobroma cacao, Uncaria gambir, Amherstia nobilis, Bouea macrophylla, Camellia sinensis, Capsicum, Citrus, Coffea liberica, Dalbergia sissoo, Duranta, Glycine max, Indigofera zollingeriana and Lantana species (including Lantana camara).^[4]

Notes and References

1. Koçak . Ahmet Ömer . Kemal . Muhabbet . 20 February 2012 . Preliminary list of the Lepidoptera of Sri Lanka . Cesa News . 79 . 1–57 . Centre for Entomological Studies Ankara . 29 July 2018.
2. Web site: Species Details: Archips dispilana Walker, 1864 . Catalogue of Life . 29 July 2018.
3. Diakonoff . A. . 1982 . On a Collection of Some Families of Micro-Lepidoptera from Sri Lanka (Ceylon) . Zoologische Verhandelingen . 193 . 1–124 . Naturalis Biodiversity Center.
4. http://www.nhm.ac.uk/research-curation/research/projects/hostplants/search//list.dsml?&Familyqtype=starts+with&Family=&PFamilyqtype=starts+with&PFamily=&Genusqtype=starts+with&Genus=Archips&PGenusqtype=starts+with&PGenus=&Speciesqtype=starts+with&Species=semistructa&PSpeciesqtype=starts+with&PSpecies=&Country=&sort=Family HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants