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Scoliographa acanthis

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Scoliographa acanthis
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S. acanthis
Binomial name
Scoliographa acanthis
(Meyrick, 1920)
Synonyms
  • Polychrosis acanthis Meyrick, 1920
  • Lobesia acanthis Clarke, 1958
  • Matsumuraeses acanthis Diakonoff, 1973

Scoliographa acanthis is a moth of the family Tortricidae first described by Edward Meyrick in 1920. It is found in India and Sri Lanka.[1]

Its larval food plant is Justicia gendarussa, where the caterpillar feeds on the stem and leaves.[2]

References

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  1. ^ Koçak, Ahmet Ömer; Kemal, Muhabbet (20 February 2012). "Preliminary list of the Lepidoptera of Sri Lanka". Cesa News (79). Centre for Entomological Studies Ankara: 1–57 – via Academia.
  2. ^ Diakonoff, A. (1982). "On a Collection of Some Families of Micro-Lepidoptera from Sri Lanka (Ceylon)". Zoologische Verhandelingen. 193: 1–124 – via Naturalis Biodiversity Center.