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Argyroploce illepida, Butl. 



S. 1. 1., pp. 449-450, f. 327 ; Proc. Second Entl. Meeting, pp. 230,234,*'257. 



Widely distributed in the Plains of India and Ceylon, the larva boring 

 in various fruits and seeds. Our records include the following localities 

 and foodplants : — 1^ ^| 



Coimbatore .... Agafhi pods, Acacia arabica seeds. 



Surat ..... Fleshy substance of wood-apple. 



Pusa ..... Bael fruit, Cassia fistula pod, litcki fruits 



and seeds, dhaincha pods. 



Argyroploce aprobola, Meyr. 



Meyr., T. E. S. 1886. 275 [Eccopsis] ; Proc. Second Entl.. 

 Meeting, pp. 219, 230, 267. 



Widely distributed throughout the Plains. The larva is a very minor 

 pest of mango and litchi, rolhng the leaves, but is polyphagons. It 

 has been reared at Coimbatore from larva boring rose-bud, at Poona; 

 and Bassein Fort on mango, at Pusa on mango, rose, and litchi leaves, 

 rose flower. Cassia tora and Polyaltliia longifolia leaves, and at Kallar 

 on Lantana. It is also said to have been reared on Dahha at Nagpur,. 

 but this record reouires confirmation. 



Argyroploce erotias, Meyr, 



Meyr., B. J. XVI 584-585 (1905) [Platypeplus] ; Entl. Note 75 ; 

 Proc. Second Entl. Meeting p. 219. 



The larva has been found at Pusa rolling tender mango leaves and 

 feeding on them ; also reared in Bombay from larva boring in mango 

 shoots. At Pusa it has also been reared from larva rolling Loranthus 

 leaves [probably on mango] and from a larva webbing Cynoglossum 

 leaves. Also occurs in Ceylon. 



Argyroploce leucaspis, Meyr. 



Meyr., Gardiner's Fauna Geogr. Maldives I 126 (1902)' 

 [Eucosma] ; Proc. Second Entl. Meeting, p. 229. 



Has been bred at Pusa in some numbers from larvae rolling litchi 

 leaves but is scarcely a pest. Also reared at Nagpur from larva on 

 " kafiji " (? Malva sylvesiris) [perhaps erior in labelling]. We also- 

 have moths from Kandy and the Khasi Hills. 



