Adoxophyes moderatana
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15. Adoxophyes moderatana (Walker, 1863)
Tortrix moderatana Walker, 1863; List Specimens lepid. Insects Colln. Br. Mus. 28: 328.
= Adoxophyes prosiliens Meyrick, 1928; Exotic Microlepid. 3: 454
TL: Borneo, Sarawak (moderatana); India, Andamans, Port Blair (prosiliens).
Distribution: India (Andaman Islands); Borneo; Malaysia; Sulawesi; Thailand; Vietnam (Robinson et al. 1994; Nedoshivina 2013).
Hosts: Larvae feed on a wide variety of hosts including Mangifera indica (Anacardiaceae), Ochroma pyramidale (Bombaceae), Glycine max (Fabaceae), Ficus spp. (Moraceae), Psidium guajava (Myrtaceae), Pinus caribaea (Pinaceae), Camellia sinensis (Theaceae), and many others (Yunus & Ho 1980; Robinson et al. 1994; Novotny et al. 2005).
Illustrations: Adult (Robinson et al. 1994: 273; Nodoshivina 2013: 220) and genitalia (Clarke 1958: 23).
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- Scientific name authorship
- Walker
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Order
- Lepidoptera
- Family
- Tortricidae
- Genus
- Adoxophyes
- Species
- moderatana
- Taxon rank
- species
- Taxonomic concept label
- Adoxophyes moderatana (Walker, 1863) sec. Pathania, Das & Chandra, 2020
References
- Robinson, G. S., Tuck, K. R., Shaffer, M. & Cook, K. (1994) A field guide to the smaller moths of South-East Asia. The Natural History Museum, London and Malaysian Nature Society, Kuala Lumpur, 241 pp.
- Nedoshivina, S. V. (2013) Lepidoptera Heterocera of Vietnam. Family Tortricidae. Ulyanovsk, 240 pp., 18 pls. [in Russian]
- Yunus, A. & Ho, T. H. (1980) List of economic pests, host plants, parasites and predators in West Malaysia (1920 - 1978). Bulletin of the Malaysian Department of Agriculture, 153, 1 - 538. [Ministry of Agriculture, Malaysia]
- Novotny, V., Miller, S. E., Basset, Y., Cizek, L., Darrow, K., Kaupa, B., Kua, J. & Weiblen, G. D. (2005) An altitudinal comparison of caterpillars (Lepidoptera) on Fucus trees in Papua New Guinea. Journal of Biogeography, 32, 1303 - 1314. https: // doi. org / 10.1111 / j. 1365 - 2699.2005.01225. x
- Clarke, J. F. G. (1958) Catalogue of the type specimens of Microlepidoptera in the British Mus. (Natural History) described by Edward Meyrick. Vol. 3. Trustees of the British Museum, London, 600 pp.