Thaumatotibia encarpa

Thaumatotibia encarpa
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Tortricidae
Genus:	Thaumatotibia
Species:	T. encarpa
Binomial name
	Thaumatotibia encarpa; (Meyrick, 1920)
Synonyms
	Argyroploce encarpa Meyrick, 1920; Cryptophlebia encarpa;

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, New Guinea, Sri Lanka, Vietnam^[1] and Malaysia.

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The larvae feed on the leaves, fruit and seeds of Citrus, Litchi chinensis, Theobroma cacao and Ziziphus jujuba.

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