Endothenia menthivora

Endothenia menthivora
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Clade:Euarthropoda
Class:Insecta
Order:Lepidoptera
Family:Tortricidae
Genus:Endothenia
Species: E. menthivora
Binomial name
Endothenia menthivora
(Oku, 1963)
Synonyms
  • Alloendothenia menthivora Oku, 1963

Endothenia menthivora, the mint rhizome worm, is a moth of the family Tortricidae. It is endemic to Japan.

The wingspan is 15–18 mm. Adults are on wing from early July to mid August. There seems to be one generation per year.

The larvae feed on Mentha species. The larvae bore into the stem and rhizomes of the host plant.



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