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Bedellia struthionella

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Species of moth

Bedellia struthionella
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Bedelliidae
Genus: Bedellia
Species: B. struthionella
Binomial name
Bedellia struthionella
Walsingham, 1907

Bedellia struthionella is a moth of the family Bedelliidae. It was first described by Lord Walsingham in 1907. It is endemic to the Hawaiian islands of Oahu and Hawaii.

The larvae feed on Panicum torridum. They mine the leaves of their host plant.

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Bedellia struthionella


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