Syntozyga ephippias

Syntozyga ephippias is a tortrix moth (family Tortricidae), belonging to tribe Eucosmini of subfamily Olethreutinae. The species was first described by Edward Meyrick in 1907. It is found Sri Lanka,[1] India,[2] the Democratic Republic of the Congo, South Africa and Rodrigues.[3]

Syntozyga ephippias
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Division:
Ditrysia
Family:
Tortricidae
Genus:
Syntozyga
Species:
S. ephippias
Binomial name
Syntozyga ephippias
(Meyrick, 1907)
Synonyms
  • Chrosis ephippias Meyrick, 1907
  • Polychrosis ephippias (Meyrick, 1909)
  • Bubonoxena ephippias Diakonoff, 1968

Larval food plants are Commelina benghalensis (Commelinaceae)[4] and Bambusa species.[5]

References
  • Meyrick, 1907. "Descriptions of Indian Micro-Lepidoptera. III". Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society. 17(3):730–754.
  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.
  3. De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2018). "Syntozyga ephippias (Meyrick, 1907)". Afromoths. Retrieved 15 October 2018.
  4. Diakonoff A., 1973, The South Asiatic Olethreutini: (Lepidoptera Tortricidae). Page 347.
  5. "HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants". The Natural History Museum. Retrieved 28 July 2018.


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