136. Phricanthes flexilineana (Walker, 1863)

Sciaphila flexilineana Walker, 1863; List Specimens lepid. Insects Colln. Br. Mus. 28: 345.

TL: Ceylon [= Sri Lanka].

Distribution: India; Australia (Queensland); Burma, Indonesia (Java); New Guinea; New Zealand; Philippine Islands; Madagascar; Seychelles; Sri Lanka; Sumatra; Surinam; Panama; Costa Rica (Meyrick 1917; Common 1965; Diakonoff 1968, 1982; Razowski 1995; Brown 2007).

Hosts: This species has been documented from a number of species of Dilleniaceae: Davilla nitia, D. indica, Hibbertia sp., and Tetracera volubilis (Fletcher 1932; Diakonoff 1939b, 1968, 1982; Brown 2007).

Illustrations: Adult and genitalia (Common 1965: 634; Brown 2007: 353).