Biology:Archips mimicus
| Archips mimicus | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Tortricidae |
| Genus: | Archips |
| Species: | A. mimicus
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| Binomial name | |
| Archips mimicus Walsingham, in Swinhoe, 1900[1]
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Archips mimicus is a species of moth of the family Tortricidae first described by Lord Walsingham in 1900. It is found in India , Sri Lanka[2] and Malaysia. In the Catalogue of Life, the species is considered as a synonym of Archips dispilana.[3]
Biology
It is superficially similar to Archips eupatris, but can be differentiated by having dull fuscous head, palpi, forelegs and midlegs.[4]
The larvae feed on Morus, Nephelium lappaceum, Peltophorum, Piper, Prunus, Psidium guajava, Renanthera coccinea, Theobroma cacao, Uncaria gambir, Amherstia nobilis, Bouea macrophylla, Camellia sinensis, Capsicum, Citrus, Coffea liberica, Dalbergia sissoo, Duranta, Glycine max, Indigofera zollingeriana and Lantana species (including Lantana camara).[5]
References
- ↑ Tortricidae.com
- ↑ 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. Retrieved 29 July 2018.
- ↑ "Species Details: Archips dispilana Walker, 1864". http://www.catalogueoflife.org/col/details/species/id/d5901b536013e5de48d37dc6224400af/synonym/f3aadef64754160fda39458fed1b8116. Retrieved 29 July 2018.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants
Wikidata ☰ Q16974474 entry
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