Bedellia ipomoella

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Bedellia ipomoella
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Bedelliidae
Genus: Bedellia
Species:
B. ipomoella
Binomial name
Bedellia ipomoella
Kuroko, 1982

Bedellia ipomoella is a moth in the family Bedelliidae. It was described by Kuroko in 1982. It is found in Japan [1] and Taiwan.

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References

  1. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Bedellia ipomoella". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index . Natural History Museum . Retrieved April 27, 2018.