Homona mermerodes

Homona mermerodes is a species of moth of the family Tortricidae first described by Edward Meyrick in 1910. It was described from the Solomon Islands,[2] but is also found in Australia (Queensland), New Guinea and Seram. The habitat consists of bamboo, secondary forests and alluvial forests.[3]

Homona mermerodes
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Tortricidae
Genus:	Homona
Species:	H. mermerodes
Binomial name
Homona mermerodes Meyrick, 1910[1]
Synonyms
Capua myopolia Turner, 1945 Anathamna psathyra Turner, 1946

Adults have blotchy brown forewings and plain brown hindwings.

The larvae are highly polyphagous.[4] They are yellow with a black head. When full grown, they reach a length of about 15 mm.[5]

References

1. Australian Faunal Directory
2. Tortricid.net
3. Razowski, Józef (December 2013). "An assessment of the Tortricid (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae) fauna of Seram Island, Indonesia" (PDF). Acta Zoologica Cracoviensia. 56 (2): 29–89. doi:10.3409/azc.56_2.29. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-05-29 – via Internet Archive.
4. "DNA barcoding confirms polyphagy in a generalist moth, Homona mermerodes (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae)".
5. Herbison-Evans, Don & Crossley, Stella (23 January 2020). "Homona mermerodes Meyrick, 1910". Australian Caterpillars and their Butterflies and Moths. Retrieved 23 April 2020.