Lobesia fetialis explained

Lobesia fetialis is a moth of the family Tortricidae first described by Edward Meyrick in 1920.[1] It is found in India, Sri Lanka,[2] Java and Sumatra.

Description

The wingspan of the adult male is 11–15 mm and the female is 9.5-11.5 mm.[3]

Larval food plants are Lantana camara, Bridelia, Evodia accedens, Tarenna asiatica, Clerodendron serratum, Barringtonia spicata, Allophylus cobbe and Jasminum species.[4]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Species Details: Lobesia fetialis Meyrick, 1920 . 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. Web site: Records and Descriptions of Microlepidoptera (7) . Rijksmuseum van Natuurlijke Historie, Leiden. 28 July 2018.
  4. Diakonoff . A. . 1982 . On a Collection of Some Families of Micro-Lepidoptera from Sri Lanka (Ceylon) . Zoologische Verhandelingen . 193 . 1–124 . Naturalis Biodiversity Center.

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