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Trymalitis margarias
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This may be Chlidanotinae (Tortricidae)..check the link. I had shared one view before media code 221618 in 2022.
http://lepidoptera.butterflyhouse.com.au/chli/optima.html
GI: The above reference is to an Australian species and does not occur in India.
ID: Trymalitis margarias Meyrick, 1905 Common Name: sapodilla (sapota) seed borer
1. Trymalitis margarias Meyrick, 1905. Descriptions of Indian Micro-Lepidoptera.I. - Journal of the Bombay natural History Society 16(4):Page 590. Available at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/42402#page/29/mode/1up
2.http://www.tortricidae.com/catalogueSpeciesList.asp?gcode=977&chkLastInput=
3. https://v3.boldsystems.org/index.php/Taxbrowser_Taxonpage?taxid=5785
4. There is an image of this moth on the ICAR-National Bureau of Agricultural Insect Resources website. But the site appears to be currently down.
JD : Agree with Geeta on Trymalitis margarias Meyrick, 1905
Other spp from Indian subcontinent - Trymalitis cataracta Meyrick, 1907 - https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2222414#page/193/mode/1up
Differences with margarias mentioned in the OD
SS: Agree with Trymalitis margarias Meyrick, 1905. God match to OD.
Additional references
Patil, B.J., Suchithra Kumari, M.H., Revannavar, R., Shivaprasad, M., Kumar, Y.S.H. and Hanumantharaya, L., 2020. Seasonal incidence of sapota seed borer, Trymalitis margarias Meyrick (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae) in Mudigere. Journal of Entomology and Zoology Studies, 8(6), pp.1267-1274. Plate 1.
http://lepidoptera.butterflyhouse.com.au/chli/optima.html
GI: The above reference is to an Australian species and does not occur in India.
ID: Trymalitis margarias Meyrick, 1905 Common Name: sapodilla (sapota) seed borer
1. Trymalitis margarias Meyrick, 1905. Descriptions of Indian Micro-Lepidoptera.I. - Journal of the Bombay natural History Society 16(4):Page 590. Available at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/42402#page/29/mode/1up
2.http://www.tortricidae.com/catalogueSpeciesList.asp?gcode=977&chkLastInput=
3. https://v3.boldsystems.org/index.php/Taxbrowser_Taxonpage?taxid=5785
4. There is an image of this moth on the ICAR-National Bureau of Agricultural Insect Resources website. But the site appears to be currently down.
JD : Agree with Geeta on Trymalitis margarias Meyrick, 1905
Other spp from Indian subcontinent - Trymalitis cataracta Meyrick, 1907 - https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2222414#page/193/mode/1up
Differences with margarias mentioned in the OD
SS: Agree with Trymalitis margarias Meyrick, 1905. God match to OD.
Additional references
Patil, B.J., Suchithra Kumari, M.H., Revannavar, R., Shivaprasad, M., Kumar, Y.S.H. and Hanumantharaya, L., 2020. Seasonal incidence of sapota seed borer, Trymalitis margarias Meyrick (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae) in Mudigere. Journal of Entomology and Zoology Studies, 8(6), pp.1267-1274. Plate 1.
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