Homona encausta

Homona encausta
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Tortricidae
Genus: Homona
Species: H. encausta
Binomial name
Homona encausta
(Meyrick, 1907)[1]
Synonyms
  • Tortrix encausta Meyrick, 1907
  • Archips dicaeus Diakonoff, 1968

Homona encausta is a species of moth of the family Tortricidae first described by Edward Meyrick in 1907.[2] It is found in Sri Lanka,[3] Luzon in the Philippines and Vietnam.[4]

The larvae feed on Syzygium jambos and Micromelum minutum.[5]

References

  1. ↑ Tortricidae.com
  2. ↑ "Species Details: Homona encausta Meyrick, 1907". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 29 July 2018.
  3. ↑ 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.
  4. ↑ Five New Recorded Species of the Tribe Archipini (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae) from Vietnam
  5. ↑ Tortricidae Food Plant Database


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