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Heleanna physalodes is a moth of the family Tortricidae first described by Edward Meyrick in 1926.[1] It is found in the Chagos Archipelago, Sri Lanka, Guam, Micronesia and Fiji.[2][3]

Heleanna physalodes
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Tortricidae
Genus:	Heleanna
Species:	H. physalodes
Binomial name
Heleanna physalodes Meyrick, 1926
Synonyms
Rhopobota physalodes Meyrick, 1910 Acroclita physalodes Meyrick, 1910 (comb. nov. by Meyrick 1929: 495) Herpystis physalodes Meyrick, 1910 (comb. nov. by Diakonoff 1969: 94) Heleanna physalodes Meyrick, 1910 (comb. nov. by Clarke, 1976: 12)

Larval host plants are Barringtonia, Cordia, species.

Subspecies

Three subspecies are recorded.[4]

• Heleanna physalodes abundantia Clarke, 1976
• Heleanna physalodes elitha Clarke, 1976
• Heleanna physalodes tricia Clarke, 1976

References

External links

• A new avocado pest in Central America (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae) with a key to Lepidoptera larvae threatening avocados in California
• Notes on the Tortricidae (Lepidoptera) of Fiji, with descriptions of a new species and a new subspecies
• Low host specificity and abundance of frugivorous Lepidoptera in the lowland rain forests of Papua New Guinea

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