Endoclita sinensis is a species of moth of the family Hepialidae. It is known from China, Korea and Taiwan,[1] as well as from the Far East of Russia.[2] Food plants for this species include Castanea and Quercus.

Endoclita sinensis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hepialidae
Genus: Endoclita
Species:
E. sinensis
Binomial name
Endoclita sinensis
(Moore, 1877)
Synonyms
  • Phassus sinensis Moore, 1877
  • Phassus herzi Fixsen, 1887
  • Phassus formosanus Shiraki, 1913
  • Phassus kosemponis Strand, 1916

References edit

  1. ^ Nielsen, Ebbe S.; Robinson, Gaden S.; Wagner, David L. (2000). "Ghost-moths of the world: a global inventory and bibliography of the Exoporia (Mnesarchaeoidea and Hepialoidea) (Lepidoptera )" (PDF). Journal of Natural History. 34 (6): 823–878. doi:10.1080/002229300299282. S2CID 86004391.
  2. ^ Sinev, S.Yu. (Ed.) Catalogue of the Lepidoptera of Russia. St.Petersburg-Moscow: KMK Press, 2008. 424 p.

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