Meridemis invalidana

Meridemis invalidana is a species of moth of the family Tortricidae first described by Francis Walker in 1863.[2] It is found in India, Sri Lanka,[3] Nepal, Vietnam, Malaysia, China, Taiwan and Korea.

Meridemis invalidana
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Tortricidae
Genus:
Meridemis
Species:
M. invalidana
Binomial name
Meridemis invalidana
(Walker, 1863)[1]
Synonyms
  • Tortrix invalidana Walker, 1863
  • Epagoge invalidana Meyrick, 1908
  • Capua invalidana Meyrick, 1912
  • Dichelia detractana (nec Walker) Walsingham, in Swinhoe, 1885
  • Epagoge retractana (nec Walker) Walsingham, 1900
  • Capua retractana (nec Walker) Meyrick, 1912
  • Homona retractana (nec Walker) Obraztsov, 1954
  • Meridemis invalidana Diakonoff, 1976

The larvae feed on Piper betle.[4]

References
  1. Tortricid.net
  2. "Species Details: Meridemis invalidana Walker, 1863". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 29 July 2018.
  3. 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.
  4. 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.


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