Biology:Lobesia vanillana

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Short description: Species of moth

Lobesia vanillana
Lobesia vanillana (Joannis 1900).jpg
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Tortricidae
Genus: Lobesia
Species:
L. vanillana
Binomial name
Lobesia vanillana
de Joannis, 1900
Synonyms
  • Conchylis vanillana de Joannis, 1900
  • Clysia vanillana
  • Eupoecilia vanillana
  • Lobesia triancanthis Diakonoff, 1992

Lobesia vanillana is a moth of the family Tortricidae. It was described in 1900 by Joseph de Joannis from five males and one female from Réunion island. It is found in Réunion, Aldabra atoll, Picard Island, Madagascar , Kenya[1] and Nigeria.[2]

The length is about 6 mm.

Larvae have been found on Vanilla planifolia (de Joannis, 1900 and Diakanoff, 1969) and Mangifera sp. (Diakanoff, 1969)

References

  1. Red de Revistas Científicas de América Latina, el Caribe, España y Portugal
  2. Razowski & Wojtusiak, 2012. Tortricidae (Lepidoptera) from Nigeria. Acta zoologica cracoviensia 55(2): 59-130

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q6663669 entry