Bohemannia piotra

Bohemannia piotra
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nepticulidae
Genus: Bohemannia
Species: B. piotra
Binomial name
Bohemannia piotra
Puplesis, 1984

Bohemannia piotra is a moth of the Nepticulidae family. It is found in the Russian Far East (Primorskiy Kray).[1]

The larvae feed on Malus mandshurica. They probably mine the leaves of their host plant.

Taxonomy

It was previously treated as a synonym of Bohemannia pulverosella.

References

  1. ↑ Nepticulidae (Lepidoptera) of East Asia (2). Study of a collection sample deposited at the Russian Academy of Sciences, with descriptions of new species and a checklist


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