Cryptophlebia peltastica is a moth of the family Tortricidae. It is found throughout Africa from Ghana to South Africa and Eritrea, including islands of the Indian Ocean and is also known from Asia (Saudi Arabia, Indonesia), the Pacific region (Guam) and from the Bahamas.
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Tortricidae |
| Genus: | Cryptophlebia |
| Species: | C. peltastica
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This species is one of the main pests of Litchi chinensis, a (Sapindaceae).[2] but the larvae have also been found on Nephelium sp., Mimosoideae (Parkia clappertoniana),[3] and many Fabaceae species (Bauhinia sp., Canavalia ensiformis, Ceratonia siliqua, Poinciana regia, Tamarindus indica, Xenocarpus granatum, Cassia sp. and Feronia sp.).[4][5]
References
edit- ^ Meyrick, E. 1921b. Descriptions of South African Micro-Lepidoptera. - Annals of the Transvaal Museum 8(2):49–148
- ^ Martiré & Rochat 2008. Les papillons de La Réunion et leurs chenilles. pp.1–496
- ^ Wagner, Cobbinah, & Bosu, 2008. Forest entomology in West Tropical Africa; Forest insects of Ghana. 2nd Edition. - — :i–lxx, 1–244
- ^ afromoths
- ^ TortAI-Tortricids of Agricultural Importance -Factsheet
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