Biology:Lepidotarphius

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Short description: Genus of moths

Lepidotarphius
Scientific classification
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Animalia
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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 is a monotypic genus of moths in the family Glyphipterigidae described by Pryer in 1877. Its single species, Lepidotarphius perornatella, was described by Francis 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 (Jiangsu, Zhejiang, northern Yunnan, Guangdong)
  • Lepidotarphius perornatella fulgens (Erschoff, 1877) (Amur, Ussuri)

References

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