Lobesia vanillana
| Lobesia vanillana | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Tortricidae |
| Genus: | Lobesia |
| Species: | L. vanillana |
| Binomial name | |
| Lobesia vanillana de Joannis, 1900 | |
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Lobesia vanillana is a moth of the Tortricidae family. It was described in 1900 by de Joannis from 5 males and 1 female from Réunion island. It is found in Réunion, Aldabra atoll, Picard island, Madagascar, Kenya[1] and Nigeria.[2]
The length is approx. 6 mm.
Larvae have been found on Vanilla planifolia (de Joannis, 1900 and Diakanoff, 1969) and Mangifera sp. (Diakanoff, 1969)
References
- ↑ Red de Revistas Científicas de América Latina, el Caribe, España y Portugal
- ↑ Razowski & Wojtusiak, 2012. Tortricidae (Lepidoptera) from Nigeria. Acta zoologica cracoviensia 55(2): 59-130