Biology:Mustilia fusca
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Short description: Species of moth
Mustilia fusca | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Endromidae |
Genus: | Mustilia |
Species: | M. fusca
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Binomial name | |
Mustilia fusca Kishida, 1993
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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
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- ↑ 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.
- ↑ Kishida, Yasunori (1993). "A new species of Mustilia Walker (Bombycidae) from Taiwan". Japan Heterocerists』 J. 173: 407–408.
- ↑ Immature Stages of Four Bombycidae Species of Taiwan
- ↑ 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
Original source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mustilia fusca.
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