''Thaumatotibia encarpa'', the cacao husk borer, is a
moth of the family
Tortricidae. It is found in south-east
Asia, including
India, the
Chagos Archipelago
The Chagos Archipelago () or Chagos Islands (formerly the Bassas de Chagas, and later the Oil Islands) is a group of seven atolls comprising more than 60 islands in the Indian Ocean about 500 kilometres (310 mi) south of the Maldives archi ...
,
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 ...
and
Malaysia.
The larvae feed on the leaves, fruit and seeds of ''
Citrus'', ''
Litchi chinensis'', ''
Theobroma cacao'' and ''
Ziziphus jujuba
Jujube (), sometimes jujuba, known by the scientific name ''Ziziphus jujuba'' and also called red date, Chinese date, and Chinese jujube, is a species in the genus ''Ziziphus'' in the buckthorn family Rhamnaceae.
Description
It is a small ...
''.
External links
Tortricidae foodplant database
Grapholitini
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