Endoclita sericeus

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Endoclita sericeus
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hepialidae
Genus: Endoclita
Species:
E. sericeus
Binomial name
Endoclita sericeus
(C. Swinhoe, 1901)
Synonyms
  • Phassus sericeusC. Swinhoe, 1901

Endoclita sericeus is a species of moth of the family Hepialidae first described by Charles Swinhoe in 1901. It is known from Java, Indonesia. [1] Food plants for this species include Albizia , Camellia , Cinchona , Crotalaria , Manihot , Tectona , and Theobroma .

References

  1. Nielsen, Ebbe S.; Robinson, Gaden S.; Wagner, David L. (2000). "Ghost-moths of the world: a global inventory and bibliography of the Exoporia (Mnesarchaeoidea and Hepialoidea) (Lepidoptera )" (PDF). Journal of Natural History. 34 (6): 823–878. doi:10.1080/002229300299282. S2CID   86004391.