Bedellia psamminella

Bedellia psamminella, the convolvulus skeletoniser, is a moth in the family Bedelliidae. It is found in New Zealand.[2][3]

Bedellia psamminella
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Bedelliidae
Genus: Bedellia
Species:
B. psamminella
Binomial name
Bedellia psamminella

Taxonomy

This species was described by Edward Meyrick in 1889.

Host species

Muehlenbeckia australis is a host to the larva of this species of moth.[4]

References
  1. "NZOR Name Details - Bedellia psamminella Meyrick, 1889". www.nzor.org.nz. Landcare Research New Zealand Ltd. Retrieved 18 January 2018.
  2. Gordon, Dennis P., ed. (2010). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. Volume two. Kingdom animalia : chaetognatha, ecdysozoa, ichnofossils. Vol. 2. Christchurch, N.Z.: Canterbury University Press. p. 457. ISBN 9781877257933. OCLC 973607714.
  3. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Bedellia psamminella". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved April 27, 2018.
  4. Bain, John (April 2009). "New records" (PDF). Forest Health News (194). SCION. ISSN 1175-9755. Retrieved 18 January 2018.


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