Microsarotis palamedes

Microsarotis palamedes is a moth of the family Tortricidae first described by Edward Meyrick in 1916. It is found in India, Vietnam,[1] Sri Lanka[2] and possibly Java.

Microsarotis palamedes
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Tortricidae
Genus:
Microsarotis
Species:
M. palamedes
Binomial name
Microsarotis palamedes
(Meyrick, 1916)
Synonyms
  • Laspeyresia palamedes Meyrick, 1916

The larvae feed on Tamarindus indica, Bauhinia purpurea and Lantana species.[3]

References
  1. Razowski, J., 2009, Tortricidae from Vietnam in the collection of the Berlin Museum. 6. Olethreutinae (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae) SHILAP Revista de Lepidopterología 37 (145): 115-143.
  2. 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.
  3. The South Asiatic Olethreutini: (Lepidoptera Tortricidae)


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