Biology:Mesoptila melanolopha

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Short description: Species of moth

Mesoptila melanolopha
Eupithecia melanolopha.jpg
Eupithecia melanolopha1.jpg
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Geometridae
Genus: Mesoptila
Species:
M. melanolopha
Binomial name
Mesoptila melanolopha
(C. Swinhoe, 1895)[1][2][3]
Synonyms
  • Eupithecia melanolopha C. Swinhoe, 1895
  • Tephroclystia melanolopha
  • Eupithecia owadai Vojnits, 1988

Mesoptila melanolopha is a moth in the family Geometridae first described by Charles Swinhoe in 1895. It is found in Nepal, China (Shaanxi, Jiangsu, Hunan), Korea, Japan , Taiwan, India (Sikkim, Meghalaya), Sri Lanka, Thailand, Vietnam, Malaysia and on Java, Bali and Borneo.[4]

The wingspan is 16–21 mm.[5]

The larvae have been recorded feeding Stephania species.[6]

References

  1. Wu, Shipher (February 6, 2015). "Mesoptila melanolopha (Swinhoe, 1895)" (in zh). Biodiversity Research Center, Academia Sinica. http://taibnet.sinica.edu.tw/chi/taibnet_species_detail.php?name_code=344860. Retrieved April 21, 2020. 
  2. Yu, Dicky Sick Ki. "Eupithecia melanolopha Swinhoe 1895". Taxapad. http://www.taxapad.com/local.php?taxonidLC=82863453. 
  3. Mironov, V. G. & Galsworthy, A. C. (2012). "A generic level review of Eupithecia Curtis and some closely related genera based on the Palaearctic, Nearctic and Oriental fauna (Lepidoptera, Geometridae, Larentiinae)". Zootaxa. 3587: 46-64.
  4. Mironov, V. G.; Galsworthy, A. C. & Yazaki, K. (2009). "A survey of the genus Eupithecia (Lepidoptera, Geometridae) in mainland South East Asia: Part II". Transactions of the Lepidopterological Society of Japan. 60 (3): 167-188.
  5. "千金藤球果尺蛾 Eupithecia melanolopha Swinhoe, 1895" (in zh). May 24, 2009. http://gaga.biodiv.tw/9702bx/122.htm. Retrieved April 21, 2020. 
  6. Holloway, Jeremy Daniel. "Eupithecia melanolopha Swinhoe". http://www.mothsofborneo.com/part-10/eupitheciini/eupitheciini_8_4.php. Retrieved April 21, 2020. 

Wikidata ☰ Q48968293 entry