Biology:Mustilia fusca

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Short description: Species of moth

Mustilia fusca
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Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Endromidae
Genus: Mustilia
Species:
M. fusca
Binomial name
Mustilia fusca
Kishida, 1993

Mustilia fusca is a moth in the family Endromidae first described by Yasunori Kishida in 1993. It is found in Taiwan.[1][2]

The larvae feed on the leaves of Trochodendron aralioides. They have a greenish-brown body and head. They reach a length of 45 mm when full grown.[3][4] Pupation takes place in a black, rough and rugose (wrinkled) pupa, enclosed in a thin cocoon of brown silk spun among the leaves of the host plant.

References

  1. Wu, Shipher (June 6, 2017). "Smerkata fusca (Kishida, 1993) 赭樺蛾(赭蠶蛾)" (in zh). Biodiversity Research Center, Academia Sinica. http://taibnet.sinica.edu.tw/chi/taibnet_species_detail.php?name_code=343979. Retrieved November 8, 2019. 
  2. Kishida, Yasunori (1993). "A new species of Mustilia Walker (Bombycidae) from Taiwan". Japan Heterocerists』 J. 173: 407–408. 
  3. Immature Stages of Four Bombycidae Species of Taiwan
  4. Shipher, Wu; Fu, Chien-Ming; Shih, Li-Chen; Lin, Hsu-Hong (2013). Endromidae. Moths of Hehuanshan. Nantou: Endemic Species Research Institute. pp. 242–245, pl. 19: 10–15; 20: 1–3; 21: 12, 13. 

Wikidata ☰ Q6943505 entry