Endoclita signifer

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Endoclita signifer
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E. signifer
Binomial name
Endoclita signifer
(Walker, 1856)[1]
Synonyms
  • Phassus signifer Walker, 1856
  • Phassus hunanensis Chu and Wang, 1985

Endoclita signifer is a species of moth of the Hepialidae family. It is found in eastern Asia, including Japan, Taiwan, Sylhet, Burma, Borneo and Java.

Endoclita signifer in Seitz top left

The larvae bore in Fraxinus species and Paulownia tomentosa. It takes two years to complete its life cycle with adults appearing in September.

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.