Kingdom Animalia Class Insecta Family Tortricidae Rank Species | Phylum Arthropoda Order Lepidoptera Genus Phricanthes | |
Phricanthes flexilineana is a species of moth of the Tortricidae family. The species was described from Sri Lanka, northern Queensland in Australia and the Seychelles, but has a much wider range, which includes Madagascar, India, Indonesia, Myanmar, New Guinea, the Philippines and Taiwan. It is also widely distributed in the tropical parts of North and South America.
The larvae have been recorded feeding on Tetracera volubilis and Davilla nitia.
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