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Redescription of Acroclita vigescens Meyrick (Tortricidae: Lepidoptera) Feeding on Cordia myxa Linnaeus (Boraginaceae) in India
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The early stages (egg, larva, and pupae) and adult morphology of Acroclita vigescens Meyrick (1920) (Tortricidae: Olethreutinae: Eucosmini) are described and illustrated, along with the first description and illustration of the male genitalia. The species was discovered feeding on Cordia myxa Linnaeus (Boraginaceae) in New Delhi, India
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Egg, Eucosmini, Larvae, Male Genitalia, Pupae.
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