Homona salaconis

Homona salaconis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Tortricidae
Genus: Homona
Species: H. salaconis
Binomial name
Homona salaconis
(Meyrick, 1912)[1]
Synonyms
  • Cacoecia salaconis Meyrick, 1912
  • Archips salaconis Diakonoff, 1967
  • Homona amphigona Meyrick, 1936
  • Cacoecia spilotoma Meyrick, 1921
  • Cacoecia xanthochroma Wileman & Stringer, 1929

Homona salaconis is a species of moth of the family Tortricidae. It is found in the Philippines, Seram, Sumatra, Sulawesi and Dutch New Guinea. The habitat consists of cultivated areas and lowland forests.[2]

The larvae feed on Elaeis guineensis, Theobroma cacao and Solanum species.[3]

References

  1. ↑ tortricidae.com
  2. ↑ An assessment of the Tortricid (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae) fauna of Seram Island, Indonesia
  3. ↑ Tortricidae Food Plant Database
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