Lepidotarphius

Lepidotarphius is a monotypic genus of moths in the family Glyphipterigidae described by Pryer in 1877. Its single species, Lepidotarphius perornatella, was described by Francis Walker in 1864.[1] It is found in China and the Russian Far East.

Lepidotarphius
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Superfamily:
Yponomeutoidea
Family:
Glyphipterigidae
Genus:
Lepidotarphius

Pryer, 1877
Species:
L. perornatella
Binomial name
Lepidotarphius perornatella
Walker, 1864
Synonyms

Genus:

  • Desmidoloma Erschoff, 1892

Species:

  • Glyphipteryx perornatella Walker, 1864
  • Glyphipterix perornatella
  • Lepidotarphius splendens Pryer, 1877
  • Staintonia fulgens Erschoff, 1877

The larvae have been recorded feeding on Acorus calamus var. asiaticus.[2]

Subspecies
  • Lepidotarphius perornatella perornatellus (Kiangsu, Chekiang, northern Yunnan, Kwangtung)
  • Lepidotarphius perornatella fulgens (Erschoff, 1877) (Amur, Ussuri)

References
  1. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Lepidotarphius". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum.
  2. Savela, Markku. "Lepidotarphius Pryer, 1877". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Archived from the original on November 3, 2012. Retrieved January 28, 2018.


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