Lepidotarphius

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Lepidotarphius
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Superfamily:
Yponomeutoidea
Family:
Glyphipterigidae
Genus:
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 (Kiangsu, Chekiang, northern Yunnan, Kwangtung)
  • Lepidotarphius perornatella fulgens (Erschoff, 1877) (Amur, Ussuri)

References[]

  1. ^ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Lepidotarphius". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum.
  2. ^ Savela, Markku. "Lepidotarphius Pryer, 1877". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Archived from the original on November 3, 2012. Retrieved January 28, 2018.


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