Lepidotarphius
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Genus: | Lepidotarphius Pryer, 1877
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Species: | L. perornatella
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Lepidotarphius perornatella Walker, 1864
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Lepidotarphius perornatella is a species of sedge moth, and the only species in the genus Lepidotarphius. It was described by Walker in 1864.[1] It is found in China and the Russian Far East.
The larvae have been recorded feeding on Acorus calamus var. asiaticus.[2]
Subspecies
- Lepidotarphius perornatella perornatellus (Kiangsu, Chekiang, northern Yunnan, Kwangtung)
- Lepidotarphius perornatella fulgens (Erschoff, 1877) (Amur, Ussuri)
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