Dendrophilia mediofasciana

Dendrophilia mediofasciana is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Kyu-Tek Park in 1991. It is found in Russia (Primorskii krai), Korea and Honshu, Japan.[1]

Dendrophilia mediofasciana
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gelechiidae
Genus: Dentrophilia
Species:
D. mediofasciana
Binomial name
Dendrophilia mediofasciana
(Park, 1991)
Synonyms
  • Hypatima mediofasciana Park, 1991
  • Dendrophilia brunneofasciella Ponomarenko, 1993

The wingspan is 11–13 mm.[2]

The larvae feed on Lespedeza bicolor.

References

  1. Ponomarenko, M. G. (October–November 1997). "Catalogue of the Subfamily Dichomeridinae (Lepidoptera, Gelechiidae) of the Asia" (PDF). Far Eastern Entomologist. 50: 1–67. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 20, 2013.
  2. Park, K. T. 1991: Gelechiidae (Lepidoptera) from North Korea with description of two new species. ISSN 0521-4726; Annales historico-naturales Musei nationalis hungarici, 183: 117-123. Full article (pdf)


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