Lobesia fetialis

Lobesia fetialis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Tortricidae
Genus: Lobesia
Species:
L. fetialis
Binomial name
Lobesia fetialis
(Meyrick, 1920)
Synonyms
  • Polychrosis fetialis Meyrick, 1920
  • Lobesia aeolopa Fletcher (nec Meyrick, 1907), 1932
  • Lobesia fetialis T. B. Fletcher, 1932
  • Lobesia (Lomaschiza) fetialis Diakonoff, 1954

Lobesia fetialis is a moth of the family Tortricidae first described by Edward Meyrick in 1920.[1] It is found in India, Sri Lanka,[2] Java and Sumatra.

Description

The wingspan of the adult male is 11–15 mm and the female is 9.5-11.5 mm.[3]

Larval food plants are Lantana camara, Bridelia, Evodia accedens, Tarenna asiatica, Clerodendron serratum, Barringtonia spicata, Allophylus cobbe and Jasminum species.[4]

References

  1. ^ "Species Details: Lobesia fetialis Meyrick, 1920". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 29 July 2018.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ "Records and Descriptions of Microlepidoptera (7)". Rijksmuseum van Natuurlijke Historie, Leiden. Retrieved 28 July 2018.
  4. ^ 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.


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