Acrolepiopsis japonica
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Species of moth
| Acrolepiopsis japonica | |
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Acrolepiidae |
| Genus: | Acrolepiopsis |
| Species: | A. japonica
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| Binomial name | |
| Acrolepiopsis japonica (Gaedike, 1982)
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Acrolepiopsis japonica is a moth of the family Acrolepiidae. It was described by Reinhard Gaedike in 1982. It is found in Japan.[1]
The larvae are borers in Dioscorea japonica .[2]
References
[edit ]- ^ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Acrolepia japonica". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index . Natural History Museum . Retrieved April 23, 2018.
- ^ A new species of the genus Acrolepiopsis Gaedike (Lepidoptera: Acrolepiidae) injurious to Chinese yam and its closely allied species from Japan
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