''Rehimena variegata'' is a
moth in the family
Crambidae. It was described by
Hiroshi Inoue in 1996. It is found in
Japan
Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan, while extending from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north ...
(Bonin Islands).
The larvae bore into and feed on the flower buds of ''
Hibiscus glaber
''Hibiscus'' is a genus of flowering plants in the mallow family, Malvaceae. The genus is quite large, comprising several hundred species that are native to warm temperate, subtropical and tropical regions throughout the world. Member species ...
'' and ''
Hibiscus tiliaceus''.
American Journal of Botany 93(3): 491–495. 2006
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References
Spilomelinae
Moths described in 1996
Moths of Japan
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