Cryptophlebia semilunana

Cryptophlebia semilunana is a moth of the family Tortricidae. It is found in Africa, where it is known from Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, South Africa, Madagascar, Réunion and Mauritius.[2]

Cryptophlebia semilunana
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Tortricidae
Subfamily:
Olethreutinae
Genus:
Cryptophlebia
Species:
C. semilunana
Binomial name
Cryptophlebia semilunana
Synonyms
  • Carpocapsa semilunana Saalmüller, 1880
  • Argyroploce praesiliens Meyrick, 1924
  • Argyroploce xylodelta Meyrick, 1928

Host plants of the larvae of this species are Fabaceae (Sesbania sp.)[3]

References
  1. Saalmüller 1880. Neue Lepidopteren aus Madagascar, die sich in Museum der Senckenberg'schen naturforschenden Gesellschaft befinden. - Bericht über die Senckenbergische Naturforschende Gesellschaft in Frankfurt a.M. 1879–1880:258–310
  2. afromoths
  3. Bradley, 1953a. Some important species of the genus Cryptophlebia Walsingham, 1899, with descriptions of three new species (Lepidoptera: Olethreutidae). - Bulletin of Entomological Research 43(4):679–689, pls. 24–25.
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