Chedra fimbristyli

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Chedra fimbristyli
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Batrachedridae
Genus: Chedra
Species:
C. fimbristyli
Binomial name
Chedra fimbristyli
Mey, 1993

Chedra fimbristyli is a moth in the family Batrachedridae. It was described by Wolfram Mey, in a paper published with Maria J. C. Ceniza in 1993. It is found on the Philippines.[1]

The larvae have been recorded mining, with which is meant tunnelling within the tissues of the stems, an unknown Fimbristylis species, a large rush-like plant related to papyrus, known locally as tikog. The tikog has economic importance and is used locally to produce a fibre, and thus this tiny moth can be seen as a nuisance species, because it harms the plant.[1]

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