Scythropiodes leucostola

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Scythropiodes leucostola
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Lecithoceridae
Genus:
Scythropiodes
Species:
S. leucostola
Binomial name
Scythropiodes leucostola
(Meyrick, 1921)
Synonyms
  • Protobathra leucostolaMeyrick, 1921
  • Odites leucostola
  • Scythropiodes leucostola
  • Scythropiodes seriatopunctataMatsumura, 1931

Scythropiodes leucostola is a moth in the family Lecithoceridae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1921. It is found in Japan [1] and Korea. [2]

The wingspan is about 17 mm. The forewings are white with scattered grey and blackish spots and a blackish linear dot towards the costa near the base. The stigmata are rather large, blackish, the plical obliquely beyond the first discal. There is a blackish dot beneath the costa before the middle and a strongly curved series of rather large dark grey dots from beneath the costa at two-thirds to the dorsum before the tornus, interrupted below the middle. There is also a marginal series of small blackish-grey dots around the apex and termen. The hindwings are whitish grey. [3]

The larvae have been recorded feeding on Abies firma , Malus pumila , Acer species, Shiia species, Quercus species, Celtis sinensis , Zelkova serrata , Ulmus species, Acacia species, Acschynomence species, Elaeagnus species, Acanthopanax spinosum and Peucedanum decurvum .

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References

  1. ↑ Savela, Markku, ed. (December 8, 2013). "Protobathra leucostola Meyrick, 1921". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved September 10, 2020.
  2. ↑ Insecta Koreana 14
  3. ↑ Meyrick, Edward (1916–1923). Exotic Microlepidoptera. 2 (14): 436.


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