Polylopha epidesma | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Tortricidae |
Genus: | Polylopha |
Species: | P. epidesma
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Binomial name | |
Polylopha epidesma | |
Synonyms | |
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Polylopha epidesma is a species of moth of the family Tortricidae first described by Oswald Bertram Lower in 1901. [2] It is found in India, Sri Lanka and Australia. [3]
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. [4] Its larval food plant is Polyalthia longifolia. [5]
Polylopha epidesma | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Tortricidae |
Genus: | Polylopha |
Species: | P. epidesma
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Binomial name | |
Polylopha epidesma | |
Synonyms | |
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Polylopha epidesma is a species of moth of the family Tortricidae first described by Oswald Bertram Lower in 1901. [2] It is found in India, Sri Lanka and Australia. [3]
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. [4] Its larval food plant is Polyalthia longifolia. [5]