Microsarotis palamedes is a moth of the family Tortricidae first described by Edward Meyrick in 1916. It is found in India, Vietnam,[1] Sri Lanka[2] and possibly Java.
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Tortricidae |
| Genus: | Microsarotis |
| Species: | M. palamedes
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| Microsarotis palamedes (Meyrick, 1916)
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The larvae feed on Tamarindus indica, Bauhinia purpurea and Lantana species.[3]
References edit
- ^ Razowski, J., 2009, Tortricidae from Vietnam in the collection of the Berlin Museum. 6. Olethreutinae (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae) SHILAP Revista de Lepidopterología 37 (145): 115-143.
- ^ Diakonoff, A. (1982). "On a Collection of Some Families of Micro-Lepidoptera from Sri Lanka (Ceylon)". Zoologische Verhandelingen. 193: 1–124 – via Naturalis Biodiversity Center.
- ^ The South Asiatic Olethreutini: (Lepidoptera Tortricidae)
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