Ectoedemia hypericifolia
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Nepticulidae |
Genus: | Ectoedemia |
Species: | E. hypericifolia
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Binomial name | |
Ectoedemia hypericifolia (Kuroko, 1982)
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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
- ^ Ectoedemia hypericifolia at Nepticulidae.info.
- ^ "Two new species in the Ectoedemia (Fomoria) weaveri-group from Asia (Lepidoptera: Nepticulidae)". Retrieved 2011-12-16.