Cryptophlebia peltastica | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Tortricidae |
Genus: | Cryptophlebia |
Species: | C. peltastica
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Binomial name | |
Cryptophlebia peltastica | |
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Cryptophlebia peltastica is a moth of the family Tortricidae. It is found throughout Africa from Ghana to South Africa and Eritrea, including islands of the Indian Ocean and is also known from Asia ( Saudi Arabia, Indonesia), the Pacific region ( Guam) and from the Bahamas.
This species is one of the main pests of Litchi chinensis, a ( Sapindaceae). [2] but the larvae have also been found on Nephelium sp., Mimosoideae ( Parkia clappertoniana), [3] and many Fabaceae species ( Bauhinia sp., Canavalia ensiformis, Ceratonia siliqua, Poinciana regia, Tamarindus indica, Xenocarpus granatum, Cassia sp. and Feronia sp.). [4] [5]
Cryptophlebia peltastica | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Tortricidae |
Genus: | Cryptophlebia |
Species: | C. peltastica
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Binomial name | |
Cryptophlebia peltastica | |
Synonyms | |
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Cryptophlebia peltastica is a moth of the family Tortricidae. It is found throughout Africa from Ghana to South Africa and Eritrea, including islands of the Indian Ocean and is also known from Asia ( Saudi Arabia, Indonesia), the Pacific region ( Guam) and from the Bahamas.
This species is one of the main pests of Litchi chinensis, a ( Sapindaceae). [2] but the larvae have also been found on Nephelium sp., Mimosoideae ( Parkia clappertoniana), [3] and many Fabaceae species ( Bauhinia sp., Canavalia ensiformis, Ceratonia siliqua, Poinciana regia, Tamarindus indica, Xenocarpus granatum, Cassia sp. and Feronia sp.). [4] [5]