Synclera univocalis
Appearance
Synclera univocalis | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Crambidae |
Genus: | Synclera |
Species: | S. univocalis
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Binomial name | |
Synclera univocalis (Walker, 1859)
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Synclera univocalis, the jujube leaf-folder, is a moth of the family Crambidae described by Francis Walker in 1859. It is found on the Chagos Archipelago and Sri Lanka. Records from India, Burma, Yemen, Palestine, Syria and South Africa refer to other species in the genus.
The larvae feed on Zizyphus mauritiana.
External links
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- Barnett, L. K.; Emms, C. W. & Holloway, J. D. (July 1, 1999). "The moths of the Chagos Archipelago with notes on their biogeography". Journal of Natural History. 33 (7): 1021–1038. doi:10.1080/002229399300065.
- Behavioral studies of the mobile forms of Synclera univocalis on jujube, Ziziphus mauritiana