Lobesia aeolopa

Lobesia aeolopa is a moth of the family Tortricidae first described by Edward Meyrick in 1907.[1] It is found in Vietnam,[2] Thailand, India, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Java, the Solomon Islands, Korea, Japan, Taiwan, São Tomé and Príncipe, Tanzania, South Africa, Réunion and Madagascar.[3]

Lobesia aeolopa
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Tortricidae
Genus:
Lobesia
Species:
L. aeolopa
Binomial name
Lobesia aeolopa
Meyrick, 1907
Synonyms
  • Lobesia proterandra Meyrick, 1921
  • Lobesia dryopelta Meyrick, 1932
  • Lobesia eustales Bradley, 1956

Biology

The wingspan is 10–12 mm.[4]

Larvae have been found on Ricinus communis, Melochia umbellata, Pluchea indica,[5] Lantana camara, Cajanus indicus, Gleditsia triacanthos and Flacourtia indica, but are possibly predatory on aphids, rather than feeding on plant tissue.[6][7]

References
  1. "Species Details: Lobesia aeolopa Meyrick, 1907". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 29 July 2018.
  2. Razowski, J., 2009, Tortricidae from Vietnam in the collection of the Berlin Museum. 6. Olethreutinae (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae) SHILAP Revista de Lepidopterología 37 (145): 115-143.
  3. New records and known species of the tribe Olethreutini (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae: Olethreutinae) from Thong Pha Phum National Park, Thailand Archived 2012-04-25 at the Wayback Machine
  4. Japanese Moths
  5. 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.
  6. De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2018). "Lobesia aeolopa Meyrick, 1907". Afromoths. Retrieved 16 October 2018.
  7. "Lobesia aeolopa Meyrick". ICAR-National Bureau of Agricultural Insect Resources. Retrieved 11 March 2017.


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