Archips machlopis

Archips machlopis is a moth of the family Tortricidae. It is widely distributed in southern Asia (including Pakistan, Nepal, China, India, Burma, Thailand, Vietnam, Malaysia and Indonesia: Sumatra, Java).^[1]

Archips machlopis
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Tortricidae
Genus:	Archips
Species:	A. machlopis
Binomial name
Archips machlopis (Meyrick, 1912)
Synonyms
Cacoecia machlopis Meyrick, 1912 Cacoecia compacta Meyrick, 1918 Cacoecia isocyrta Meyrick, 1920 Cacoecia seminubila Meyrick, in de Joannis, 1930 Cacoecia transcutata Meyrick, 1935

The wingspan is 16–20 mm for males and 18–22 mm for females. In Malaysia, adults are on wing from July to November, in Indonesia the flight time is February and March, and from July to September.

The larvae feed on Medicago, Gloriosa superba, Cedrela toonica, Rumex, Citrus, Salix, Litchi and Camellia sinensis.^[2]