Ectoedemia hypericifolia

Ectoedemia hypericifolia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nepticulidae
Genus: Ectoedemia
Species: E. hypericifolia
Binomial name
Ectoedemia hypericifolia
(Kuroko, 1982)
Synonyms
  • Fomoria hypericifolia Kuroko, 1982

Ectoedemia hypericifolia is a moth of the Nepticulidae family. 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.

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