''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
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,
Palestine
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,
India,
Pakistan and
Afghanistan. It is also found in the
Galápagos 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]
Known host plants of the larvae of this species include
Balanitaceae (''
Balanites aegyptiaca''),
Zygophyllaceae (''
Zygophyllum album
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'') and
Rhamnaceae
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The family contains about 55 genera and 950 species. The Rhamnaceae h ...
(''
Zizyphus'' sp.).
References
External links
Lebarcoding.org: ''Ephystreris subdiminutella''Boldsystems.org: Pictures of ''Ephystreris subdiminutella''
Ephysteris
Lepidoptera of Namibia
Lepidoptera of Ethiopia
Moths of Réunion
Moths of Europe
Moths of Africa
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