Epinotia canthonias

Epinotia canthonias is a moth of the family Tortricidae first described by Edward Meyrick in 1920.[1] It is found in Sri Lanka[2] and the Bengal region of India.[3]

Epinotia canthonias
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Tortricidae
Genus:
Epinotia
Species:
E. canthonias
Binomial name
Epinotia canthonias
(Meyrick, 1920)
Synonyms
  • Acroclita canthonias Meyrick, 1920
  • Epinotia canthonias Diakonoff, 1982

Larval food plants are Ficus glomerata and the leaves, flowers and shoots of Loranthus species.[4]

References
  1. "Species Details: Epinotia canthonias 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. Centre for Entomological Studies Ankara (79): 1–57 – via Academia.
  3. "Taxonomic studies on the family Tortricidae from North western India" (PDF). Research Gate. 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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