Biology:Charitoprepes lubricosa

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Short description: Species of moth

Charitoprepes lubricosa
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Crambidae
Genus: Charitoprepes
Species:
C. lubricosa
Binomial name
Charitoprepes lubricosa

Charitoprepes lubricosa is a moth in the species-rich subfamily Spilomelinae of the family Crambidae.[1] It was described by William Warren in 1896 as the type species of the genus Charitoprepes.[2] The species is known from its type locality in the India n Khasi Hills as well as from Japan and Korea.[2][3]

The wingspan is 32 mm. The forewings are of a brown ground colour and exhibit an elongate dark brown spot in the apex, and feature two dark brown stigmata below the lighter brown costa. The hindwings are of a lighter brown ground colour than the forewings, and they exhibit a darker brown discal spot. In Japan, adults can be found flying in the months of May to September. The food plants of the caterpillars are still unknown.[3]

References

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  2. 2.0 2.1 Warren, William (1896). "New genera and species of Pyralidae, Thyrididae, and Epiplemidae". Annals and Magazine of Natural History, Including Zoology, Botany and Geology (ser.6) 17: 94–106, 131–150, 202–216. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/61862#page/108/mode/1up. 
  3. 3.0 3.1 Kim, Minyoung; Park, Young-Mi; Hyun, Ik-Hwa; Kang, Byoung-Hyo; Oh, Si-Heon; Jwa, Jae-Kwang; Hyun, Young-Kwon; Lee, Heung-Sik (2014). "A newly known genus Charitoprepes Warren (Lepidoptera: Pyraloidea: Crambidae) in Korea, with report of C. lubricosa Warren". Korean Journal of Applied Entomology 53 (3): 301–303. doi:10.5656/KSAE.2014.05.0.008. 

Wikidata ☰ Q116193222 entry