Isodemis serpentinana

Isodemis serpentinana is a moth of the family Tortricidae first described by Francis Walker in 1863.[1] It is known from China (Hainan, Yunnan, Taiwan), India, Indonesia (Borneo, Java, Sumatra), New Guinea, the Philippines, Sri Lanka and Thailand.[2]

Isodemis serpentinana
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Tortricidae
Genus:	Isodemis
Species:	I. serpentinana
Binomial name
Isodemis serpentinana (Walker, 1863)
Synonyms
Batodes serpentinana Walker 1863 Cacoecia serpentinana Meyrick, 1912 Tortrix serpentinana Syndemis serpentinana Diakonoff, 1941 Tortrix sulana Walker 1866

Differentiated by related species from phallus bearing two unequal cornuti in male genitalia. Sub-apical blotch is sub-triangular.[3]

References

1. "Species Details: Isodemis serpentinana Walker, 1863". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 29 July 2018.
2. 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.
3. Sun, Y; Li, H (2011). "Review of the genus Isodemis Diakonoff (Lepidoptera, Tortricidae) from China, with description of three new species". ZooKeys (77): 51–64. doi:10.3897/zookeys.77.937. PMC 3088057. PMID 21594151.