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Thaumatotibia encarpa

Thaumatotibia encarpa, the cacao husk borer, is a moth of the family Tortricidae. It is found in south-east Asia, including India, the Chagos Archipelago, New Guinea, Sri Lanka, Vietnam and Malaysia.

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Thaumatotibia encarpa
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Tortricidae
Genus: Thaumatotibia
Species:
T. encarpa
Binomial name
Thaumatotibia encarpa
(Meyrick, 1920)
Synonyms
  • Argyroploce encarpa Meyrick, 1920
  • Cryptophlebia encarpa

Thaumatotibia encarpa, the cacao husk borer, is a moth of the family Tortricidae. It is found in south-east Asia, including India, the Chagos Archipelago, New Guinea, Sri Lanka, Vietnam1 and Malaysia.

The larvae feed on the leaves, fruit and seeds of Citrus, Litchi chinensis, Theobroma cacao and Ziziphus jujuba.

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