Endoclita sinensis

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Endoclita sinensis
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hepialidae
Genus: Endoclita
Species:
E. sinensis
Binomial name
Endoclita sinensis
(Moore, 1877)
Synonyms
  • Phassus sinensisMoore, 1877
  • Phassus herziFixsen, 1887
  • Phassus formosanusShiraki, 1913
  • Phassus kosemponisStrand, 1916

Endoclita sinensis is a species of moth of the family Hepialidae. It is known from China, Korea and Taiwan, [1] as well as from the Far East of Russia. [2] Food plants for this species include Castanea and Quercus .

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.
  2. Sinev, S.Yu. (Ed.) Catalogue of the Lepidoptera of Russia. St.Petersburg-Moscow: KMK Press, 2008. 424 p.