Sisona

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Sisona
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Tortricidae
Subfamily: Olethreutinae
Genus: Sisona
Snellen, 1902
Species: S. albitibiana
Binomial name
Sisona albitibiana
(Snellen, 1902)
Synonyms
  • Grapholoita albitibiana Snellen, 1902
  • Argyroploce inodes Meyrick, 1911
  • Argyroploce conchifera Meyrick, 1931
  • Sycacantha inodes perspicua Diakonoff, 1968
  • Sycacantha rubida Diakonoff, 1971
  • Sycacantha inodes celebensis Diakonoff, 1973

Sisona is a genus of moths belonging to the subfamily Olethreutinae of the family Tortricidae.[1] It contains only one species, Sisona albitibiana, which is found in south-east Asia, including Vietnam.,[2] China, Japan, Thailand, New Guinea, Borneo, Java and Sulawesi.

The forewings are whitish-fuscous touched with tawny along the costa. The hindwings are light tawny-fuscous.[3]

Subspecies

There are three recognised subspecies, including:

  • Sisona albitibiana albitibiana
  • Sisona albitibiana rubida Diakonoff, 1971 (eastern Borneo, Thailand, Vietnam)

See also

References

  1. Baixeras, J., Brown, J. W., and Gilligan, T. M. "Online World Catalogue of the Tortricidae". Tortricidae.com. Retrieved January 20, 2009. 
  2. Razowski, J., 2009, Tortricidae from Vietnam in the collection of the Berlin Museum.6.Olethreutinae (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae) Shilap revista de Lepidopterologia 37 (145): 115-143.
  3. The South Asiatic Olethreutini: (Lepidoptera Tortricidae)

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