Biology:Topomesoides

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Topomesoides
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Topomesoides

Strand in Seitz, 1910
Species:
T. jonasii
Binomial name
Topomesoides jonasii
(Butler, 1877)
Synonyms
  • Aroa jonasii Butler, 1877
  • Strand, 1910 Topomesoides gigantea

Topomesoides is a monotypic moth genus in the subfamily Lymantriinae described by Embrik Strand in 1910. Its only species, Topomesoides jonasii, was first described by Arthur Gardiner Butler in 1877.[1][2][3]

It is found in Japan and Korea. The larva feed on Pourthiaea villosa and Sambucus sieboldiana.[1]

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