Taiwancylis

Taiwancylis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Tortricidae
Tribe: Enarmoniini
Genus: Taiwancylis
Razowski, 2000
Species:
T. cladodium
Binomial name
Taiwancylis cladodium
Razowski, 2000

Taiwancylis is a genus of moths belonging to the family Tortricidae. It contains only one species, Taiwancylis cladodium, which is found in Taiwan.

The moth species is reported from Kerala outside Taiwan by Poon et al.

The wingspan of the holotype, a male, is 11.5 mm. It was caught in mid-May in Shanping, Kaohsiung, at 640 m (2,100 ft) above sea level.

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References

  1. 1 2 3 Razowski, Józef (2000). "Tortricidae (Lepidoptera) collected in Taiwan, with description of one new genus and eight new species, and a comparison with some regional faunas" (PDF). Zoological Science. 39 (4): 319–327. Archived from the original (PDF) on April 14, 2012. Retrieved October 12, 2022.
  2. 1 2 Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "​Taiwancylis​". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved 12 October 2022.
  3. 1 2 Baixeras, J.; Brown, J. W. & Gilligan, T. M. "TAIWANCYLIS Razowski, 2000". Online World Catalogue of the Tortricidae. Tortricidae.com. Retrieved 12 October 2022.
  4. 1 2 Yen, Shen-Horn. "Taiwancylis cladosium Razowski, 2000". Catalogue of life in Taiwan. Biodiversity Research Center, Academia Sinica, Taiwan. Retrieved 12 October 2022.
  5. ↑ Aashiq Poon, V. S.; Reddy, Karthik M.; Naik, Santhosh; Anooj, S. S.; Shashank, Pathour R. (2025-03-01). "Discovery of Pseudancylis Horak, 2006 with description of new species and documenting two additional species records (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae) from India". Journal of Asia-Pacific Biodiversity. 18 (1): 14–20. doi:10.1016/j.japb.2024.05.002. ISSN 2287-884X.