Dasodis microphthora

Dasodis microphthora is a moth of the family Tortricidae first described by Edward Meyrick in 1936.^[1] It is found in Sri Lanka,^[2] Java and the western Caroline Islands.

Dasodis microphthora
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Tortricidae
Genus:	Dasodis
Species:	D. microphthora
Binomial name
Dasodis microphthora (Meyrick, 1936)
Synonyms
Ancylis microphthora Meyrick, 1936 Eumarissa microphthora Clarke, 1976

Description

Adult male wingspan is 11 mm. Head light cinereous (ash grey). Antenna light fuscous. Palpus cinereous. Thorax pale fuscous grey. Tegula suffused dark grey. Abdomen fuscous grey. Posterior leg whitish ochreous. Forewing oblong suboval and narrow. Costa slightly curved at ends. Apex projecting, pointed. Termen deeply sinuate below apex. Forewings fuscous and cinereous. Cilia light fuscous. Hindwings pale ochreous fuscous with a golden gloss. Cilia pale ochreous.^[3]

Larval food plants are Heptapleurum species.