Bubonoxena ephippias
| Bubonoxena ephippias | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Division: | Ditrysia |
| Family: | Tortricidae |
| Subfamily: | Olethreutinae |
| Tribe: | Eucosmini |
| Genus: | Bubonoxena |
| Species: | B. ephippias |
| Binomial name | |
| Bubonoxena ephippias (Meyrick, 1907) | |
| Synonyms | |
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Bubonoxena ephippias is a tortrix moth (family Tortricidae), belonging to tribe Eucosmini of subfamily Olethreutinae. It is found Ceylon, India, Congo, South Africa and Rodrigues.[1]
A known foodplant of this species is Commelina benghalensis (Commelinaceae).[2]
References
- Meyrick, 1907a. Descriptions of Indian Micro-Lepidoptera. III. - Journal of the Bombay natural History Society 17(3):730–754.
- ↑ afromoths.net
- ↑ Diakonoff A., 1973, The South Asiatic Olethreutini: (Lepidoptera Tortricidae)- 1-719, Page 347.
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