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Endoclita excrescens

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Species of moth

Endoclita excrescens
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hepialidae
Genus: Endoclita
Species: E. excrescens
Binomial name
Endoclita excrescens
(Butler, 1877)
Synonyms
  • Phassus excrescens Butler, 1877
  • Phassus aemulus Butler, 1877
  • Phassus camphorae Sasaki, 1908
  • Phassus satsumanis Yazaki, 1926
  • Endoclyta pallescens Tshistjakov, 1996

Endoclita excrescens is a species of moth of the family Hepialidae. It is known from Japan and the Russian Far East. Food plants for this species include Castanea, Nicotiana, Paulownia, Quercus, and Raphanus. The species is considered a pest of the tobacco plant.

References

  1. Nielsen, Ebbe S.; Robinson, Gaden S.; Wagner, David L. (2000). "Ghost-moths of the world: a global inventory and bibliography of the Exoporia (Mnesarchaeoidea and Hepialoidea) (Lepidoptera )" (PDF). Journal of Natural History. 34 (6): 823–878. doi:10.1080/002229300299282. S2CID 86004391.

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Taxon identifiers
Endoclita excrescens


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