Microsarotis palamedes

Microsarotis palamedes
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Tortricidae
Genus: Microsarotis
Species: M. palamedes
Binomial name
Microsarotis palamedes
(Meyrick, 1916)
Synonyms
  • Laspeyresia palamedes Meyrick, 1916

Microsarotis palamedes is a moth of the Tortricidae family. It is found in India, Vietnam,[1] Sri Lanka and possibly Java.

The larvae feed on Tamarindus indica, Bauhinia purpurea and Lantana species.[2]

References

  1. Razowski, J., 2009, Tortricidae from Vietnam in the collection of the Berlin Museum.6.Olethreutinae (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae) Shilap revista de Lepidopterologia 37 (145): 115-143.
  2. The South Asiatic Olethreutini: (Lepidoptera Tortricidae)


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