Opostegoides minodensis

Species of moth

Opostegoides minodensis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Opostegidae
Genus: Opostegoides
Species:
O. minodensis
Binomial name
Opostegoides minodensis
(Kuroko, 1982)
Synonyms
  • Opostega minodensis Kuroko, 1982

Opostegoides minodensis is a moth of the family Opostegidae. It is found in Japan.

There is probably one generation per year with adults on wing from the end of June to mid-July.

The larvae feed on Betula platyphylla var. japonica.

  • A Revision of the New World Plant-Mining Moths of the Family Opostegidae (Lepidoptera: Nepticuloidea)
  • Distribution of pith flecks caused by the cambium miner, Opostegoides minodensis, in Japanese white birch
Taxon identifiers
Opostegoides minodensis
  • Wikidata: Q7098507
  • Wikispecies: Opostegoides minodensis
  • CoL: 6SS83
  • EoL: 965520
  • GBIF: 1735590
  • iNaturalist: 514597
  • IRMNG: 11270304
  • LepIndex: 136597
  • Open Tree of Life: 3030745


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