Biology:Polylopha epidesma
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Short description: Species of moth
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Tortricidae |
| Genus: | Polylopha |
| Species: | P. epidesma
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| Binomial name | |
| Polylopha epidesma Lower, 1901[1]
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Polylopha epidesma is a species of moth of the family Tortricidae first described by Oswald Bertram Lower in 1901.[2] It is found in India , Sri Lanka and Australia .[3]
The wingspan is about 16 mm. The forewings are ashy-grey whitish, mixed with greenish leaden, and strewn with numerous tufts of ashy-grey scales, which become blackish posteriorly. The hindwings are dark fuscous, but lighter on the basal half.[4] Its larval food plant is Polyalthia longifolia.[5]
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- ↑ Tortricidae.com
- ↑ "Species Details: Polylopha epidesma Lower, 1901". http://www.catalogueoflife.org/col/details/species/id/e7730581b8404b05639ea7b80b41bf36. Retrieved 29 July 2018.
- ↑ 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/.
- ↑ Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia
This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
- ↑ 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.
Wikidata ☰ Q14149875 entry
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