Acrolepiopsis japonica

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Acrolepiopsis japonica
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Acrolepiidae
Genus: Acrolepiopsis
Species:
A. japonica
Binomial name
Acrolepiopsis japonica
(Gaedike, 1982)
Synonyms
  • Acrolepia japonicaGaedike, 1982

Acrolepiopsis japonica is a moth of the family Acrolepiidae. It was described by Reinhard Gaedike in 1982. It is found in Japan. [1]

The larvae are borers in Dioscorea japonica . [2]

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References

  1. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Acrolepia japonica". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index . Natural History Museum . Retrieved April 23, 2018.
  2. A new species of the genus Acrolepiopsis Gaedike (Lepidoptera: Acrolepiidae) injurious to Chinese yam and its closely allied species from Japan