Polylopha epidesma explained

Polylopha epidesma is a species of moth of the family Tortricidae first described by Oswald Bertram Lower in 1901.[1] It is found in India, Sri Lanka and Australia.[2]

The wingspan is about 16 mm. The forewings are ashy-grey whitish, mixed with greenish leaden, and strewn with numerous tufts of ashy-grey scales, which become blackish posteriorly. The hindwings are dark fuscous, but lighter on the basal half.[3] Its larval food plant is Polyalthia longifolia.[4]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Species Details: Polylopha epidesma Lower, 1901 . 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 . Centre for Entomological Studies Ankara . 79 . 1–57 . Academia.
  3. https://archive.org/stream/transactionsofro25roya/transactionsofro25roya_djvu.txt Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia
  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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