Endoclita signifer

Endoclita signifer
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukarya
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hepialidae
Genus: Endoclita
Species: E. signifer
Binomial name
Endoclita signifer
(Walker, 1856)[1]
Synonyms
  • Phassus signifer Walker, 1856
  • Phassus hunanensis Chu and Wang, 1985

Endoclita signifer is a species of moth of the Hepialidae family. It is found in eastern Asia, including Japan, Taiwan, Sylhet, Burma, Borneo and Java.

Endoclita signifer in Seitz top left

The larvae bore in Fraxinus species and Paulownia tomentosa. It takes two years to complete its life cycle with adults appearing in September.

References

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