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Published: 2022-02-18
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A new Polylopha species attacking cinnamon trees in Vietnam (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae: Chlidanotinae: Polyorthini)

McGuire Center for Lepidoptera and Biodiversity, Florida Museum of Natural History, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32611, USA.
Bio-Resource and Environmental Center, Division of Life Sciences, Incheon National University, Academy-ro, Yeonsugu, Incheon 20012, South Korea
Asia Chlidanotinae Cinnamomum distribution Lauraceae Oriental Polyorthini Southeast Asia taxonomy Vietnam Lepidoptera

Abstract

Polylopha vietnama sp. nov. (Tortricidae: Chlidanotinae: Polyorthini), a new pest of cinnamon (Cinnamomum cassia, Lauraceae), is described from northern Vietnam. A related species, Lopharcha ditissima Diakonoff (1974) from Indonesia (Java), is transferred to the genus Polylopha, as P. ditissima (Diakonoff) comb. nov., resulting in nine species for the genus.

 

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