Biology:Parapsestis argenteopicta

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Short description: Species of false owlet moth


Parapsestis argenteopicta
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Drepanidae
Genus: Parapsestis
Species:
P. argenteopicta
Binomial name
Parapsestis argenteopicta
(Oberthür, 1879)
Synonyms
  • Cymatophora argenteopicta Oberthür, 1879
  • Cymatophora plumbea Butler, 1879
  • Palimpsestis latipennis Matsumura, 1909
  • Palimpsestis suzukii Matsumura, 1921
  • Parapsestis albomarginalis Matsumura, 1927
  • Palimpsestes taiwana Wileman, 1911
  • Parapsestis baibarana Matsumura, 1931

Parapsestis argenteopicta is a moth in the family Drepanidae. It was described by Oberthür in 1879.[1] It is found in the Russian Far East, Korea, Japan, Taiwan, western, north-eastern, northern and central China and Nepal. The habitat consists of various types of mixed forests and oak woods.

The wingspan is 39–47 mm.[2]

The larvae feed on Quercus mongolica.[3]

Subspecies

  • Parapsestis argenteopicta argenteopicta (Russian Far East, Japan, Korea, China: Jilin, Henan, Shaanxi, Gansu, Zhejiang, Hubei, Jiangxi, Hunan, Sichuan, Yunnan)
  • Parapsestis argenteopicta annamica Laszlo, G.Ronkay, L.Ronkay & Witt, 2007 (Nepal)
  • Parapsestis argenteopicta nepalina Laszlo, G.Ronkay, L.Ronkay & Witt, 2007 (Nepal)
  • Parapsestis argenteopicta taiwana (Wileman, 1911) (Taiwan)

References

  1. ↑ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I. et al., eds (2003). "Parapsestis argenteopicta". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. https://www.nhm.ac.uk/our-science/data/lepindex/detail/?taxonno=57593. 
  2. ↑ Japanese Moths
  3. ↑ "A review of the Thyatirin-moths (Lepidoptera, Drepanidae: Thyatirinae) of the Russian Far East". http://www.biosoil.ru/fee/2007/N-168/N-168.pdf. 

Wikidata ☰ Q14027296 entry




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