Phlebozemia is a genus of moths belonging to the subfamily Tortricinae of the family Tortricidae.[1] It contains only one species, Phlebozemia sandrinae, which is found in South Africa.
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| Genus: | Phlebozemia Diakonoff, 1985
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| Species: | P. sandrinae
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| Phlebozemia sandrinae Diakonoff, in Diakonoff, Ulenberg & Vari, 1985
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The larvae feed on Nerine bowdenii.[2]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Baixeras, J.; Brown, J. W. & Gilligan, T. M. "Online World Catalogue of the Tortricidae". Tortricidae.com. Retrieved January 20, 2009.
- ^ Afro Moths
- Diakonoff, 1985, in Diakonoff Ulenberg & Vari, Tijdschr. Ent. 127 (1984): 226.
- Brown, John W., 2005, World Catalogue of Insects 5.
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