Ectoedemia hypericifolia

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Ectoedemia hypericifolia
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nepticulidae
Genus: Ectoedemia
Species:
E. hypericifolia
Binomial name
Ectoedemia hypericifolia
(Kuroko, 1982)
Synonyms
  • Fomoria hypericifoliaKuroko, 1982

Ectoedemia hypericifolia is a moth of the family Nepticulidae. It was described by R.K. Puplesis in 1988. It was described from Kyushu, Japan, [1] but is also known from Russia and China. [2]

The larvae feed on Hypericum erectum , Hypericum attenuatum and Hypericum ascyron gebleri .

References

  1. Ectoedemia hypericifolia Archived 2012-06-02 at the Wayback Machine at Nepticulidae.info.
  2. "Two new species in the Ectoedemia (Fomoria) weaveri-group from Asia (Lepidoptera: Nepticulidae)" . Retrieved 2011-12-16.