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Asiaephorus longicucullus

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Pterophoridae

Scientific name
  
Asiaephorus longicucullus

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Genus
  
Asiaephorus

Rank
  
Species

Asiaephorus longicucullus is a moth of the Pterophoridae family. It is known from Nepal, Japan (Kyushu, Honshu) and Assam.

The wingspan is 16–19 mm. Adults are on wing from May to October in Japan, in May in Nepal and in September in Assam.

The larvae feed on Salvia japonica and Scutellaria indica.

References

Asiaephorus longicucullus Wikipedia