Phricanthes flexilineana

Phricanthes flexilineana
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Tortricidae
Genus: Phricanthes
Species: P. flexilineana
Binomial name
Phricanthes flexilineana
(Walker, 1863)[1]
Synonyms
  • Sciaphila flexilineana Walker, 1863
  • Phricanthes macroura Lower, 1908
  • Australacleris memorabilis Diakonoff, 1970

Phricanthes flexilineana is a species of moth of the Tortricidae family. The species was described from Sri Lanka, northern Queensland and the Seychelles, but has a much wider range, which includes Madagascar, India, Indonesia, Myanmar, New Guinea, the Philippines[2] and Taiwan. It is also widely distributed in the tropical parts of North and South America.[3]

The larvae have been recorded feeding on Tetracera volubilis and Davilla nitia.[4]

References

  1. ↑ tortricidae.com
  2. ↑ Afro Moths
  3. ↑ Razowski, J. & V.O. Becker, 2011: Systematic and faunistic data on Neotropical Tortricidae: Phricanthini, Tortricini, Atteriini, Polyorthini, Chlidanotini (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae). Shilap Revista de Lepidopterologia 39 (154): 161-181.
  4. ↑ Confirmation of the Old World species Phricanthles flexilineana (Walker, 1863) in the New World tropics (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae: Phricanthini)
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