Polylopha epidesma Lower, 1901 is a animal in the Tortricidae family, order Lepidoptera, kingdom Animalia. Not known to be toxic.

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Polylopha epidesma Lower, 1901

Polylopha epidesma Lower, 1901

Polylopha epidesma is a Tortricidae moth species found in South Asia and Australia that feeds on Polyalthia longifolia as larvae.

Family
Genus
Polylopha
Order
Lepidoptera
Class
Insecta

About Polylopha epidesma Lower, 1901

Polylopha epidesma is a moth species belonging to the family Tortricidae. It was first formally described by Oswald Bertram Lower in 1901. This species can be found in India, Sri Lanka, and Australia. It has a wingspan of approximately 16 millimeters. Its forewings are an ashy-grey whitish color, mixed with greenish leaden tones, and covered in numerous tufts of ashy-grey scales that turn blackish toward the posterior section. The hindwings are dark fuscous, with a lighter coloration on their basal half. The larval host food plant for this species is Polyalthia longifolia.

Photo: (c) Nicholas John Fisher, all rights reserved

Taxonomy

Animalia Arthropoda Insecta Lepidoptera Tortricidae Polylopha

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Sources: GBIF, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, NCBI Taxonomy · Disclaimer

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