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Platynota meridionalis

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Platynota meridionalis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Tortricidae
Genus: Platynota
Species:
P. meridionalis
Binomial name
Platynota meridionalis
Brown, 2013[1]

Platynota meridionalis is a species of moth of the family Tortricidae. It is found in Argentina.[2]

The larvae have been reared from Gossypium species, but are suspected to be polyphagous.

References

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  1. ^ tortricidae.com
  2. ^ Brown, J.W., 2013: Two New Neotropical Species of Platynota with Comments on Platynota stultana Walsingham and Platynota xylophaea (Meyrick) (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae). Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 115 (2): 128-139. Abstract: [1]