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Lepidotarphius

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Lepidotarphius
Scientific classification
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Lepidotarphius

Pryer, 1877
Species:
L. perornatella
Binomial name
Lepidotarphius perornatella
Walker, 1864
Synonyms

Genus:

  • Desmidoloma Erschoff, 1892

Species:

  • Glyphipteryx perornatella Walker, 1864
  • Glyphipterix perornatella
  • Lepidotarphius splendens Pryer, 1877
  • Staintonia fulgens Erschoff, 1877

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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