Biology:Macrothyatira flavida

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Short description: Species of false owlet moth

Macrothyatira flavida
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Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Drepanidae
Genus: Macrothyatira
Species:
M. flavida
Binomial name
Macrothyatira flavida
(Butler, 1885)
Synonyms
  • Thyatira flavida Butler, 1885
  • Thyatira tapaischana Sick, 1941

Macrothyatira flavida is a moth in the family Drepanidae first described by Arthur Gardiner Butler in 1885. It is found in the Russian Far East (southern Sakhalin, southern Kuriles),[1] Taiwan, Japan and China (Henan, Shaanxi, Ningxia, Gansu, Zhejiang, Hubei, Hunan, Fujian, Sichuan, Yunnan).[2]

The wingspan is 37–44 mm.[3] Adults are similar to Macrothyatira stramineata, but considerably smaller and much duller, the hindwings suffused with dull brownish grey.[4]

Subspecies

  • Macrothyatira flavida flavida (Taiwan, Japan, south-eastern Russia)
  • Macrothyatira flavida tapaischana (Sick, 1941) (China: Henan, Shaanxi, Ningxia, Gansu, Zhejiang, Hubei, Hunan, Fujian, Sichuan, Yunnan)

References

Wikidata ☰ Q6725700 entry