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Emrahia acanthis

Description

235. Emrahia acanthis (Meyrick, 1920)

Polychrosis acanthis Meyrick, 1920; Exotic Microlepid. 2: 348.

TL: India, Bengal, Pusa [now in Bihar].

Distribution: India (Bihar, Himachal Pradesh, Karnataka, Punjab, Uttarakhand); Nepal; Sri Lanka; Thailand (Robinson et al. 1994).

Host: Larvae have been reared from stems and leaves of Justicia gendarussa (Acanthaceae) (Meyrick 1920; Fletcher 1932; Diakonoff 1982).

Illustrations: Adult and genitalia (Clarke 1958: 464; Rose et al. 2005: 272).

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 pages 44-45, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4757.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/3756053

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Family
Tortricidae
Genus
Emrahia
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Lepidoptera
Phylum
Arthropoda
Scientific name authorship
Meyrick
Species
acanthis
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Emrahia acanthis (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.
  • Robinson, G. S., Tuck, K. R., Shaffer, M. & Cook, K. (1994) A field guide to the smaller moths of South-East Asia. The Natural History Museum, London and Malaysian Nature Society, Kuala Lumpur, 241 pp.
  • 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.
  • Diakonoff, A. (1982) On a collection of some families of Mircolepidoptera from Sri Lanka (Ceylon). Zooloigische Verhandelingen, Leiden, 193, 1 - 124, figs.
  • 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.
  • 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