Endoclita purpurescens

Endoclita purpurescens
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hepialidae
Genus: Endoclita
Species: E. purpurescens
Binomial name
Endoclita purpurescens
(Moore, [1883])
Synonyms
  • Phassus purpurescens Moore, [1883]

Endoclita purpurescens is a species of moth of the family Hepialidae. It is known from Sri Lanka.[1] Food plants for this species include Camellia and Cinchona.

References

  1. Ghost-moths of the world: a global inventory and bibliography of the Exoporia (Mnesarchaeoidea and Hepialoidea) (Lepidoptera)

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