Dasodis microphthora explained

Dasodis microphthora is a moth of the family Tortricidae first described by Edward Meyrick in 1936.[1] It is found in Sri Lanka,[2] Java and the western Caroline Islands.

Description

Adult male wingspan is 11 mm. Head light cinereous (ash grey). Antenna light fuscous. Palpus cinereous. Thorax pale fuscous grey. Tegula suffused dark grey. Abdomen fuscous grey. Posterior leg whitish ochreous. Forewing oblong suboval and narrow. Costa slightly curved at ends. Apex projecting, pointed. Termen deeply sinuate below apex. Forewings fuscous and cinereous. Cilia light fuscous. Hindwings pale ochreous fuscous with a golden gloss. Cilia pale ochreous.[3]

Larval food plants are Heptapleurum species.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Species Details: Dasodis microphthora Meyrick, 1936 . Catalogue of Life . 29 July 2018.
  2. 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 . Academia.
  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.