Lobesia lithogonia

Lobesia lithogonia is a moth of the family Tortricidae first described by Alexey Diakonoff in 1954.[1] It is found in Thailand, Sri Lanka, Java, Borneo and New Guinea.[2]

Lobesia lithogonia
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L. lithogonia
Binomial name
Lobesia lithogonia
Diakonoff, 1954

Description

The wingspan is 9โ€“12 mm. The forewings are suffused with whitish ochreous, except for the edge of the markings, which are suffused with fuscous grey. The markings are tawny and more or less infuscated (darkened), and marked with dark fuscous brown. The hindwings are pale fuscous, with prismatic reflections, those in and beyond the cell are greenish.[3] Its larval food plant is Eugenia densiflora.[4]

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