Phricanthes flexilineana explained

Phricanthes flexilineana is a species of moth of the family Tortricidae first described by Francis Walker in 1863.[1] The species was described from Sri Lanka,[2] northern Queensland in Australia and the Seychelles, but has a much wider range, which includes Madagascar, India, Indonesia, Myanmar, New Guinea, the Philippines[3] and Taiwan. It is also widely distributed in the tropical parts of North and South America.[4]

The larvae have been recorded feeding on Tetracera volubilis, Dillenia indica[5] and Davilla nitia.[6]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Species Details: Phlebozemia flexilineana Walker, 1863 . 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: De Prins . J. . De Prins . W. . amp . 2017 . Phricanthes flexilineana (Walker, 1863) . Afromoths . March 6, 2018.
  4. , 2011: Systematic and faunistic data on Neotropical Tortricidae: Phricanthini, Tortricini, Atteriini, Polyorthini, Chlidanotini (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae). SHILAP Revista de Lepidopterología 39 (154): 161-181.
  5. Diakonoff . A. . 1982 . On a Collection of Some Families of Micro-Lepidoptera from Sri Lanka (Ceylon) . Zoologische Verhandelingen . 193 . 1–124 . Naturalis Biodiversity Center.
  6. http://www.ots.ac.cr/bnbt/32828.html Confirmation of the Old World species Phricanthles flexilineana (Walker, 1863) in the New World tropics (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae: Phricanthini)

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