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Rehimena variegata

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Rehimena variegata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Crambidae
Genus: Rehimena
Species:
R. variegata
Binomial name
Rehimena variegata
Inoue, 1996

Rehimena variegata is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by Hiroshi Inoue in 1996. It is found in Japan (Bonin Islands).[1]

The larvae bore into and feed on the flower buds of Hibiscus glaber and Hibiscus tiliaceus.[2]

References

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  1. ^ "global Pyraloidea database". Globiz.pyraloidea.org. Retrieved 2014-07-15.
  2. ^ American Journal of Botany 93(3): 491–495. 2006[dead link]