Scardia amurensis
Scardia amurensis is a moth of the family Tineidae. It is found in the Russian Far East (Amur, Primorskii), Japan and possibly adjacent parts of China. In North America, it has been recorded from Georgia, Maryland, Mississippi, New Jersey, North Carolina, South Carolina, Texas and West Virginia.
| Scardia amurensis | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Tineidae |
| Genus: | Scardia |
| Species: | S. amurensis |
| Binomial name | |
| Scardia amurensis Zagulajev, 1965 | |
The wingspan is about 40 mm.
The larvae have been recorded feeding on Globifomes graveolens, Fomes species and possibly other bracket fungi.[1]
References
- "Shared but overlooked: 30 species of Holarctic Microlepidoptera revealed by DNA barcodes and morphology". Archived from the original on 2020-01-30. Retrieved 2015-08-26.
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