Species of moth
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S. acanthis
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| Binomial name
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Scoliographa acanthis
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| Synonyms
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- Polychrosis acanthis Meyrick, 1920
- Lobesia acanthis Clarke, 1958
- Matsumuraeses acanthis Diakonoff, 1973
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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]
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