Strepsicrates rhothia explained

Strepsicrates rhothia is a species of moth of the family Tortricidae first described by Edward Meyrick in 1910.^{[1] [2]} It is found in Taiwan, Sri Lanka,^[3] India, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ghana, Madagascar, Mauritius and South Africa.^[4]

Larval food plants

The caterpillar is a pest on several economically important plant crops of several families.^{[5] [6]}

• Psidium guajava
• Psidium cattleianum
• Syzygium cumini
• Eugenia parkeri
• Eugenia jambolana
• Callistemon citrinus
• Coriaria nepalensis
• Woodfordia fruticosa
• Eucalyptus citriodora
• Eucalyptus alba
• Eucalyptus camaldulensis
• Eucalyptus deglupta
• Eucalyptus grandis
• Eucalyptus eremophylla
• Eucalyptus paniculata
• Eucalyptus propinqua
• Eucalyptus raveretiana
• Eucalyptus robusta
• Eucalyptus saligna
• Eucalyptus tereticornis
• Eucalyptus torelliana
• Eucalyptus urophylla
• Mangifera indica
• Melaleuca cajuputi
• Melaleuca leucadendra
• Melaleuca species
• Derris species

External links

• Scientific notes on the biology and life history of Strepsicrates rhothia Meyr. (Tortricidae, Lepidoptera), a pest of guava in Karachi in 1972
• Major insect pests and their management in forest plantations in Sabah, Malaysia

Notes and References

1. Web site: Strepsicrates . Tortricid.net. 28 June 2018.
2. Web site: Species Details: Strepsicrates rhothia Meyrick, 1910 . Catalogue of Life . 29 June 2018.
3. http://www.redalyc.org/pdf/455/45513105.pdf Catalogue of Eucosmini from China (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae)
4. Web site: De Prins . J. . De Prins . W. . amp . 2018 . Strepsicrates rhothia (Meyrick, 1910) . Afromoths . 16 October 2018.
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. Web site: HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants . The Natural History Museum . 28 June 2018.