Kingdom Animalia Class Insecta Family Tortricidae Rank Species | Phylum Arthropoda Order Lepidoptera Genus Lobesia | |
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Similar Cryptophlebia peltastica, Cryptophlebia, Lobesia, Olethreutinae | ||
Lobesia vanillana is a moth of the Tortricidae family. It was described in 1900 by Joseph de Joannis from five males and one female from Réunion island. It is found in Réunion, Aldabra atoll, Picard Island, Madagascar, Kenya and Nigeria.
The length is about 6 mm.
Larvae have been found on Vanilla planifolia (de Joannis, 1900 and Diakanoff, 1969) and Mangifera sp. (Diakanoff, 1969)
References
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