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Cydia malesana

Description

445. Cydia malesana (Meyrick, 1920)

Laspeyresia malesana Meyrick, 1920; Exotic Microlepid. 2: 352.

= Laspeyresia platydryas Meyrick, 1932; Exotic Microlepid. 4: 226.

TL: India, Tamil Nadu, Coimbatore, Madras (malesana); Southern Rhodesia [= Zimbabwe], Salisbury (platydryas).

Distribution: India (Tamil Nadu); Thailand; Zimbabwe (Rose & Pooni 2003, 2005; Pinkaew 2006).

Hosts: Larvae feed on Cassia auriculata, Parkinsonia aculeata, and Senna corymbosa (Fabaceae) (Meyrick 1920; Fletcher 1921, 1932; Beeson 1941).

Illustrations: Adult and genitalia (Clarke 1958: 443).

Notes

Published as part of Pathania, Prakash C., Das, Apurva & Chandra, Kailash, 2020, Catalogue of Tortricidae Latreille, 1802 (Lepidoptera: Tortricoidea) of India, pp. 1-95 in Zootaxa 4757 (1) on page 78, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4757.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/3756053

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Family
Tortricidae
Genus
Cydia
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Lepidoptera
Phylum
Arthropoda
Scientific name authorship
Meyrick
Species
malesana
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Cydia malesana (Meyrick, 1920) sec. Pathania, Das & Chandra, 2020

References

  • Meyrick, E. (1920) A sketch of our present knowledge of Indian Microlepidoptera. Report of the Third Entomological Meeting, Pusa, 3, 999 - 1008.
  • Pooni, H. S. & Rose, H. S. (2003) Taxonomic studies on the family Tortricidae (Tortricoidea: Lepidoptera) from North-west India: III Tribe Eucosmini (Tortricinae). Zoos' Print Journal, 27 (3), 233 - 259.
  • Rose, H. S. & Pooni, H. S. (2005) Taxonomic studies on the family Tortricidae (Tortricoidea: Lepidoptera) from Northwestern India- - tribe Eucosmini (Olethreutinae). Zoos' Print Journal, 20 (2), 1751 - 1765. https: // doi. org / 10.11609 / JoTT. ZPJ. 1045.1751 - 65
  • Pinkaew, N. (2006) Taxonomy of Olethreutinae (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae) of Thong Pha Phum National Park, Kanchanaburi Province, Thailand. Ph. D. thesis, Kasetsart University, Bangkok, 578 pp.
  • Fletcher, T. B. (1921) Life histories of Indian insects, Microlepidoptera. Memoirs of the Department of Agriculture, India, Entomology Series, 6 (1920), 1 - 217. https: // doi. org / 10.5962 / bhl. title. 11098
  • Fletcher, T. B. (1932) Life-Histories of Indian Microlepidoptera (Second Series). Alucitidae (Pterophoriadae), Tortricina and Gelechiadae. The Imperial Council of Agricultural Research, India. Science Monogram 2. Government of India Central Publication Branch, Calcutta, 58 pp.
  • Beeson, C. F. C. (1941) The ecology and control of the forest insects of India and the neighboring countries. Author, Printed by J. Singh at the Vasant Press, Dehra Dun, 1007 pp.
  • Clarke, J. F. G. (1958) Catalogue of the type specimens of Microlepidoptera in the British Mus. (Natural History) described by Edward Meyrick. Vol. 3. Trustees of the British Museum, London, 600 pp.