Bedellia minor
Appearance
Bedellia minor | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Bedelliidae |
Genus: | Bedellia |
Species: | B. minor
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Binomial name | |
Bedellia minor Busck, 1900
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Bedellia minor, the Florida morning-glory leafminer moth, is a moth in the family Bedelliidae. It is found in Florida in the United States[1][2] and on Cuba.
The larvae feed on Ipomoea species. They mine the leaves of their host plant.
References
[edit]- ^ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Bedellia minor". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved April 27, 2018.
- ^ mothphotographersgroup