Lobesia vanillana

Lobesia vanillana
Scientific classification
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 Tortricidae family. It was described in 1900 by de Joannis from 5 males and 1 female from Réunion island. It is found in Réunion, Aldabra atoll, Picard island, Madagascar, Kenya[1] and Nigeria.[2]

The length is approx. 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

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