''Syntozyga ephippias'' is a tortrix moth ( family Tortricidae), belonging to tribe Eucosmini of

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Olethreutinae Olethreutinae is a subfamily of moths in the family Tortricidae. Genera ''incertae sedis'' This tortricine genus Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms a ...

. The species was first described by Edward Meyrick in 1907. It is found

Sri Lanka Sri Lanka (, ; si, ශ්‍රී ලංකා, Śrī Laṅkā, translit-std=ISO (); ta, இலங்கை, Ilaṅkai, translit-std=ISO ()), formerly known as Ceylon and officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, is an ...

, India, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, South Africa and

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. Larval food plants are ''

Commelina benghalensis ''Commelina benghalensis'', commonly known as the Benghal dayflower, tropical spiderwort, or wandering Jew, ''kanshira'' in Bengali, is a perennial herb native to tropical Asia and Africa. It has been widely introduced to areas outside its nativ ...

'' ( Commelinaceae) and '' Bambusa'' species.

References

* Meyrick, 1907. "Descriptions of Indian Micro-Lepidoptera. III". ''Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society''. 17(3):730–754. Olethreutinae Moths described in 1907 Moths of Africa {{Olethreutinae-stub