Scoliographa acanthis

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]

Scoliographa acanthis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Tortricidae
Genus:
Scoliographa
Species:
S. acanthis
Binomial name
Scoliographa acanthis
(Meyrick, 1920)
Synonyms
  • Polychrosis acanthis Meyrick, 1920
  • Lobesia acanthis Clarke, 1958
  • Matsumuraeses acanthis Diakonoff, 1973

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

References
  1. 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.
  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.


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