Bedellia minor

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Bedellia minor
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Bedelliidae
Genus: Bedellia
Species:B. minor
Binomial name
Bedellia minor
Busck, 1900

Bedellia minor, the Florida morning-glory leafminer moth, is a moth in the family Bedelliidae. It is found in Florida in the United States [1] [2] and on Cuba.

Moth Group of mostly-nocturnal insects in the order Lepidoptera

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Bedelliidae family of insects

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Florida State of the United States of America

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The larvae feed on Ipomoea species. They mine the leaves of their host plant.

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Ipomoea is the largest genus in the flowering plant family Convolvulaceae, with over 500 species. It is a large and diverse group with common names including morning glory, water convolvulus or kangkung, sweet potato, bindweed, moonflower, etc.

Leaf miner Larva of an insect that lives in and eats the leaf tissue of plants

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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 minor". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index . Natural History Museum . Retrieved April 27, 2018.
  2. ↑ mothphotographersgroup


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