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A new species of Anathamna Meyrick (Lepidoptera, Tortricidae) on Toona sureni in Papua New Guinea

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 July 2009

A. Diakonoff  and
J. D. Bradley
A. Diakonoff
Affiliation:
Rijksmuseum van Natuurlijke Historie, Leiden, Netherlands
J. D. Bradley
Affiliation:
Commonwealth Institute of Entomology, c/o British Museum (Natural History), London SW7 5BD, U.K.
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Abstract

A tortricid moth belonging to the subfamily Olethreutinae, reared from larvae feeding in seeds of Toona sureni (Meliaceae) in Papua New Guinea, is described and named Anathamna spermatophaga sp. n. Damage to the shoots was similar to that caused by larvae of the toon shoot and fruit boring pyralid moth Hypsipyla robusta (Moore).

Type
Original Articles
Information
Bulletin of Entomological Research , Volume 66 , Issue 3 , September 1976 , pp. 401 - 404
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1976

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References

Meyrick, E. (1911). Revision of the Australian Tortricina.—Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S.W. 36, 224–306.Google Scholar