Ephysteris subdiminutella

Ephysteris subdiminutella
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Gelechiidae
Genus:	Ephysteris
Species:	E. subdiminutella
Binomial name
*Ephysteris subdiminutella* (Stainton, 1867)^[1]
Synonyms
Aristotelia pulverea Janse, 1950 Gelechia jamaicensis Walsingham, 1897 Gelechia subdiminutella Stainton, 1867 Ochrodia bucolica (Meyrick, 1904) Ochrodia crocoleuca (Meyrick, 1923) Ochrodia ericnista (Meyrick, 1914) Ochrodia extorris (Meyrick, 1923) Ochrodia ferritincta (Turner, 1919) Phthorimaea subdiminutella Stainton, 1867 Phthorimaea jamaicensis (Walsingham) Phthorimaea ochrodeta Meyrick, 1923 Lita zygophyllella Rebel, 1912 Lita unitella Turati, 1930 Aristotelia tribulivora Dumont, 1931 Scrobipalpa turgida Janse, 1951 Gnorimoschema infallax Gozmány, 1960 Gnorimoschema tractatum Gozmány, 1960

Ephysteris subdiminutella is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It is a widely distributed species, it is known from northern and southern Africa, from Egypt to South Africa, Australia, Palestine, India, Pakistan and Afghanistan. It is also found in the Galápagos Islands.^[2]^[3]

Known host plants of the larvae of this species include Balanitaceae (Balanites aegyptiaca), Zygophyllaceae (Zygophyllum album) and Rhamnaceae (Zizyphus sp.).

References

^ Stainton, 1867, The Tineina of Syria and Asia Minor, page 45
^ darwinfoundation.org: checklist Galapagos islands
^ Landry, B., Roque-Albelo, L. (2010) The Gelechiidae (Lepidoptera) of the Galápagos Islands, Ecuador, a taxonomic revision. Revue Suisse de Zoologie 117(4): 697-770

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