Biology:Meridemis invalidana

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Short description: Species of moth

Meridemis invalidana
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Tortricidae
Genus: Meridemis
Species:
M. invalidana
Binomial name
Meridemis invalidana
(Walker, 1863)[1]
Synonyms
  • Tortrix invalidana Walker, 1863
  • Epagoge invalidana Meyrick, 1908
  • Capua invalidana Meyrick, 1912
  • Dichelia detractana (nec Walker) Walsingham, in Swinhoe, 1885
  • Epagoge retractana (nec Walker) Walsingham, 1900
  • Capua retractana (nec Walker) Meyrick, 1912
  • Homona retractana (nec Walker) Obraztsov, 1954
  • Meridemis invalidana Diakonoff, 1976

Meridemis invalidana is a species of moth of the family Tortricidae first described by Francis Walker in 1863.[2] It is found in India , Sri Lanka,[3] Nepal, Vietnam, Malaysia, China , Taiwan and Korea.

The larvae feed on Piper betle.[4]

References

  1. ↑ Tortricid.net
  2. ↑ "Species Details: Meridemis invalidana Walker, 1863". http://www.catalogueoflife.org/col/details/species/id/05331d30d73db278d2255431f37fc216. 
  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. 
  4. ↑ 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. 

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