Heleanna physalodes

Heleanna physalodes is a moth of the family Tortricidae first described by Edward Meyrick in 1926.[1] It is found in the Chagos Archipelago, Sri Lanka, Guam, Micronesia and Fiji.[2][3]

Heleanna physalodes
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H. physalodes
Binomial name
Heleanna physalodes
Meyrick, 1926
Synonyms
  • Rhopobota physalodes Meyrick, 1910
  • Acroclita physalodes Meyrick, 1910 (comb. nov. by Meyrick 1929: 495)
  • Herpystis physalodes Meyrick, 1910 (comb. nov. by Diakonoff 1969: 94)
  • Heleanna physalodes Meyrick, 1910 (comb. nov. by Clarke, 1976: 12)

Larval host plants are Barringtonia, Cordia, species.

Subspecies

Three subspecies are recorded.[4]

  • Heleanna physalodes abundantia Clarke, 1976
  • Heleanna physalodes elitha Clarke, 1976
  • Heleanna physalodes tricia Clarke, 1976

References

  1. "Species Details: Heleanna physalodes Meyrick, 1926". Catalogue of Life. 30 October 2018. Retrieved 12 November 2018.
  2. Koçak, Ahmet Ömer; Kemal, Muhabbet (20 February 2012). "Preliminary list of the Lepidoptera of Sri Lanka". Cesa News. Centre for Entomological Studies Ankara (79): 1–57 via Academia.
  3. Horak, Marianne; Komai, Furumi (2006). Olethreutine Moths of Australia: (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae). CSIRO Publishing. ISBN 9780643090934. Retrieved 12 November 2018 via Google Books.
  4. "(Heleanna physalodes) abundantia Clarke 1976". Tortricid.net. Retrieved 12 November 2018.


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