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Asiaephorus longicucullus

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Asiaephorus longicucullus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pterophoridae
Genus: Asiaephorus
Species:
A. longicucullus
Binomial name
Asiaephorus longicucullus
Gielis, 2000

Asiaephorus longicucullus is a moth of the family Pterophoridae. It is known from Nepal, Japan (Kyushu, Honshu) and Assam.

The wingspan is 16–19 mm. Adults are on wing from May to October in Japan, in May in Nepal and in September in Assam.

The larvae feed on Salvia japonica and Scutellaria indica.

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