Biology:Diacrisia subvaria

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Short description: Species of moth

Diacrisia subvaria
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Subfamily: Arctiinae
Genus: Diacrisia
Species:
D. subvaria
Binomial name
Diacrisia subvaria
Walker, 1855
Synonyms
  • Rhyparioides subvaria (Walker, 1855)
  • Diacrisia flavidior Oberthür, 1911

Diacrisia subvaria is a moth in the family Erebidae.

This species, along with the others of the genus Rhyparioides, was moved to Diacrisia as a result of phylogenetic research published by Rönkä et al. in 2016.[1]

Identification

It was described by Francis Walker in 1855.

Habitat

It is found in China (Sichuan, Hubei, Jiangxi, Hunan, Zhejiang, Fujian, Guizhou, Guangdong, Hong Kong).

It is also found in Korea and Japan (Tsushima).[2]

References

  1. Rönkä, Katja; Mappes, Johanna; Kaila, Lauri; Wahlberg, Niklas (2016). "Putting Parasemia in its phylogenetic place: a molecular analysis of the subtribe Arctiina (Lepidoptera)". Systematic Entomology 41 (4): 844–853. doi:10.1111/syen.12194. 
  2. Savela, Markku, ed. "Rhyparioides subvaria (Walker, 1855)". http://ftp.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/noctuoidea/arctiidae/arctiinae/rhyparioides/#subvaria. Retrieved January 31, 2018. 

Wikidata ☰ Q16758162 entry