Phricanthes flexilineana
species of insect
Phricanthes flexilineana is a species of moth of the family Tortricidae first described by Francis Walker in 1863. The species was described from Sri Lanka, northern Queensland in Australia and the Seychelles, but has a much wider range, which includes Madagascar, India, Indonesia, Myanmar, New Guinea, the Philippines and Taiwan. It is also widely distributed in the tropical parts of North and South America.
The larvae have been recorded feeding on Tetracera volubilis, Dillenia indica and Davilla nitia.
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Datasets, specimens, observations and peer-reviewed methods provide the appropriate test for the technical claims summarized here. The source revision retrieved here is dated Apr 7, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q14090248. None of the 0 selected statements returned an explicit reference. The first chronological checks are 1863.
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