Bedellia somnulentella (ZELLER, 1847)

Bippus, Maik, 2016, New or poorly known Microlepidoptera from the Mascarenes (Lepidoptera: Autostichidae, Bedellidae, Batrachedridae, Carposinidae, Epermeniidae, Gelechiidae, Tineidae, Tortricidae), Beiträge Zur Entomologie = Contributions to Entomology 66 (2), pp. 347-370 : 349

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.21248/contrib.entomol.66.2.347-370.1910
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/CA46282A-EE04-0965-D4D5-1742FE6C02CC
treatment provided by	Felipe
scientific name	Bedellia somnulentella (ZELLER, 1847)
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Bedellia somnulentella (ZELLER, 1847) View in CoL

Plate 14 View Plate 14 , figs 74–75: Wingspan: 7.5–8.5 mm

Distribution: Widespread, Australia, Africa, incl. Mauritius, new recorded for La Réunion, Europe, Oceania.

This species was already recorded from Mauritius by MEYRICK (1910). It is also found in La Réunion where I bred it from Ipomoea aquatica FORSSK. (Saint-Paul, alt. 20 m, vii-2015) ( Convolvulaceae ).

In Fiji this species was recorded on Ipomoea batatas (L.) LAM. ( BRADLEY, 1953).