Homona encausta

Homona encausta
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Tortricidae
Genus: Homona
Species:
H. encausta
Binomial name
Homona encausta
(Meyrick, 1907)
Synonyms
  • Tortrix encausta Meyrick, 1907
  • Archips dicaeus Diakonoff, 1968

Homona encausta is a species of moth of the family Tortricidae first described by Edward Meyrick in 1907. It is found in Sri Lanka, Luzon in the Philippines and Vietnam.

The larvae feed on Syzygium jambos and Micromelum minutum.

References

  1. ↑ Tortricidae.com
  2. ↑ "Species Details: Homona encausta Meyrick, 1907". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 29 July 2018.
  3. ↑ Koçak, Ahmet Ömer; Kemal, Muhabbet (20 February 2012). "Preliminary list of the Lepidoptera of Sri Lanka". Cesa News (79). Centre for Entomological Studies Ankara: 1–57 – via Academia.
  4. ↑ Five New Recorded Species of the Tribe Archipini (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae) from Vietnam
  5. ↑ Tortricidae Food Plant Database