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Epicephala colymbetella

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Species of moth

Epicephala colymbetella
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gracillariidae
Genus: Epicephala
Species: E. colymbetella
Binomial name
Epicephala colymbetella
Turner, 1947
Synonyms
  • Epicephala frugicola Turner, 1913

Epicephala colymbetella is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from the states of New South Wales and Queensland in Australia.

The larvae feed on Glochidion ferdinandi. They feed in the seed capsules.

The related E. spinula of the Marquesas Islands (French Polynesia) was for several decades erroneously included in the present species.

References

  1. Australian Faunal Directory
  2. Global Taxonomic Database of Gracillariidae (Lepidoptera)
Taxon identifiers
Epicephala colymbetella


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