Phricanthes flexilineana

Phricanthes flexilineana is a species of moth of the family Tortricidae first described by Francis Walker in 1863.^[2] The species was described from Sri Lanka,^[3] northern Queensland in Australia and the Seychelles, but has a much wider range, which includes Madagascar, India, Indonesia, Myanmar, New Guinea, the Philippines^[4] and Taiwan. It is also widely distributed in the tropical parts of North and South America.^[5]

Phricanthes flexilineana
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Tortricidae
Genus:	Phricanthes
Species:	P. flexilineana
Binomial name
*Phricanthes flexilineana* (Walker, 1863)^[1]
Synonyms
Sciaphila flexilineana Walker, 1863 Phricanthes macroura Lower, 1908 Australacleris memorabilis Diakonoff, 1970

The larvae have been recorded feeding on Tetracera volubilis, Dillenia indica^[6] and Davilla nitia.^[7]

References edit

^ Tortricidae.com
^ "Species Details: Phlebozemia flexilineana Walker, 1863". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 29 July 2018.
^ 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.
^ De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2017). "Phricanthes flexilineana (Walker, 1863)". Afromoths. Retrieved March 6, 2018.
^ Razowski, J. & V.O. Becker, 2011: Systematic and faunistic data on Neotropical Tortricidae: Phricanthini, Tortricini, Atteriini, Polyorthini, Chlidanotini (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae). SHILAP Revista de Lepidopterología 39 (154): 161-181.
^ Diakonoff, A. (1982). "On a Collection of Some Families of Micro-Lepidoptera from Sri Lanka (Ceylon)". Zoologische Verhandelingen. 193: 1–124 – via Naturalis Biodiversity Center.
^ Confirmation of the Old World species Phricanthles flexilineana (Walker, 1863) in the New World tropics (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae: Phricanthini)

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