''Bedellia ipomoella'' is a

moth Moths are a group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not Butterfly, butterflies. They were previously classified as suborder Heterocera, but the group is Paraphyly, paraphyletic with respect to butterflies (s ...

in the family

Bedelliidae Bedelliidae is a small family (biology), family of small, narrow-winged moths; most authorities recognize just a single genus, ''Bedellia'', previously included in the family Lyonetiidae. The family is still included in the Lyonetiidae as the sub ...

. It was described by Kuroko in 1982. It is found in

Japan Japan is an island country in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean off the northeast coast of the Asia, Asian mainland, it is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan and extends from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea ...

and

Taiwan Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a country in East Asia. The main geography of Taiwan, island of Taiwan, also known as ''Formosa'', lies between the East China Sea, East and South China Seas in the northwestern Pacific Ocea ...

References

Natural History Museum Lepidoptera generic names catalog
Bedelliidae Moths described in 1982 {{Yponomeutoidea-stub