Elophila nymphaeata (Brown China-mark)
Originator: Leif Gabrielsen
Systematics :
Kingdom: Animalia (Animals)
Phylum: Arthropoda (Articulate animals)
Class: Insecta (Insects)
Order: Lepidoptera (Moths and butterflies)
Group: «Micro-heterocera» (Micro-moths)
Family: Pyralidae (Snout moths)
Subfamily: Acentropinae
Genus: Elophila
Species: Elophila nymphaeata (Brown China-mark)
Other names: stor dammott
Norwegian name: Flekkdammott
Host plants: Hydrocharis, Nymphaea, Nymphoides, Potamogeton, Sparganium
Confusion species: Nymphula nitidulata (Beautiful China-mark)