Thaumatotibia encarpa
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Tortricidae |
Genus: | Thaumatotibia |
Species: | T. encarpa
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Binomial name | |
Thaumatotibia encarpa (Meyrick, 1920)
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Thaumatotibia encarpa, the cacao husk borer, is a moth of the family Tortricidae. It is found in south-east Asia, including India, the Chagos Archipelago, Sri Lanka and Malaysia.
The larvae feed on the leaves, fruit and seeds of Citrus, Litchi chinensis, Theobroma cacao and Ziziphus jujuba.
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