Biology:Phricanthes flexilineana

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Short description: Species of moth

Phricanthes flexilineana
Scientific classification
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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 family Tortricidae first described by Francis Walker in 1863.[2] The species was described from Sri Lanka,[3] northern Queensland in Australia and the Seychelles, but has a much wider range, which includes Madagascar , India , Indonesia, Myanmar, New Guinea, the Philippines [4] and Taiwan. It is also widely distributed in the tropical parts of North and South America.[5]

The larvae have been recorded feeding on Tetracera volubilis, Dillenia indica[6] and Davilla nitia.[7]

References

  1. Tortricidae.com
  2. "Species Details: Phlebozemia flexilineana Walker, 1863". http://www.catalogueoflife.org/col/details/species/id/34f67a11f473263a005f589099470e36. 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. https://www.academia.edu/1782757/Ko%C3%A7ak_A.%C3%96._and_M._Kemal_2012_Preliminary_list_of_the_Lepidoptera_of_Sri_Lanka._Cesa_News_79_1-57. 
  4. De Prins, J.; De Prins, W. (2017). "Phricanthes flexilineana (Walker, 1863)". http://www.afromoths.net/species_by_code/PHRIFLEX. Retrieved March 6, 2018. 
  5. Razowski, J. & V.O. Becker, 2011: Systematic and faunistic data on Neotropical Tortricidae: Phricanthini, Tortricini, Atteriini, Polyorthini, Chlidanotini (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae). SHILAP Revista de Lepidopterología 39 (154): 161-181.
  6. Diakonoff, A. (1982). "On a Collection of Some Families of Micro-Lepidoptera from Sri Lanka (Ceylon)". Zoologische Verhandelingen 193: 1–124. http://www.repository.naturalis.nl/document/149137. 
  7. Confirmation of the Old World species Phricanthles flexilineana (Walker, 1863) in the New World tropics (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae: Phricanthini)

Wikidata ☰ Q14090248 entry