Redescription of Acroclita vigescens Meyrick (Tortricidae: Lepidoptera) Feeding on Cordia myxa Linnaeus (Boraginaceae) in India

Authors

  • Rajesh Kumar
     Central Sericultural Research & Training Institute, Central Silk Board, Pampore - 192121, J&K
  • P. C. Pathania
     Zoological Survey of India, M-Block, New Alipore, Kolkata - 700053, West Bengal

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.26515/rzsi/v120/i2/2020/150901

Keywords:

Egg, Eucosmini, Larvae, Male Genitalia, Pupae.

Abstract

The early stages (egg, larva, and pupae) and adult morphology of Acroclita vigescens Meyrick (1920) (Tortricidae: Olethreutinae: Eucosmini) are described and illustrated, along with the first description and illustration of the male genitalia. The species was discovered feeding on Cordia myxa Linnaeus (Boraginaceae) in New Delhi, India

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Rajesh Kumar, Central Sericultural Research & Training Institute, Central Silk Board, Pampore - 192121, J&K

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P. C. Pathania, Zoological Survey of India, M-Block, New Alipore, Kolkata - 700053, West Bengal

Scientist D, Lepidoptera Section

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2020-06-30

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Kumar, R., & Pathania, P. C. (2020). Redescription of <I>Acroclita vigescens</I> Meyrick (Tortricidae: Lepidoptera) Feeding on <I>Cordia myxa</I> Linnaeus (Boraginaceae) in India. Records of the Zoological Survey of India, 120(2), 193–199. https://doi.org/10.26515/rzsi/v120/i2/2020/150901

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