Ectoedemia hypericifolia
| Ectoedemia hypericifolia | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nepticulidae |
| Genus: | Ectoedemia |
| Species: | E. hypericifolia |
| 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 Archived 2012-06-02 at the Wayback Machine at Nepticulidae.info.
- ^ "Two new species in the Ectoedemia (Fomoria) weaveri-group from Asia (Lepidoptera: Nepticulidae)". Retrieved 2011-12-16.