Syntozyga ephippias is a tortrix moth (family Tortricidae), belonging to tribe Eucosmini of subfamily Olethreutinae. The species was first described by Edward Meyrick in 1907. It is found Sri Lanka,[1] India,[2] the Democratic Republic of the Congo, South Africa and Rodrigues.[3]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Tortricidae |
| Genus: | Syntozyga |
| Species: | S. ephippias
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| Syntozyga ephippias (Meyrick, 1907)
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Larval food plants are Commelina benghalensis (Commelinaceae)[4] and Bambusa species.[5]
References
edit- Meyrick, 1907. "Descriptions of Indian Micro-Lepidoptera. III". Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society. 17(3):730–754.
- ^ Koçak, Ahmet Ömer; Kemal, Muhabbet (20 February 2012). "Preliminary list of the Lepidoptera of Sri Lanka". Cesa News (79). Centre for Entomological Studies Ankara: 1–57 – via Academia.
- ^ 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.
- ^ De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2018). "Syntozyga ephippias (Meyrick, 1907)". Afromoths. Retrieved 15 October 2018.
- ^ Diakonoff A., 1973, The South Asiatic Olethreutini: (Lepidoptera Tortricidae). Page 347.
- ^ "HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants". The Natural History Museum. Retrieved 28 July 2018.
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