Lachana alpherakii

Lachana alpherakii
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Hexapoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Lymantriidae
Genus:	Lachana
Species:	L. alpherakii
Binomial name
Lachana alpherakii (Grum-Grzhimailo, 1891)
Synonyms
Dasychira alpherakii Grum-Grzhimailo, 1891 Gynaephora alpherakii Dasychira semenovi Grum-Grzhimailo, 1891 Dasorgyia grumi Staudinger, 1901 Trichosona haulberti Oberthür, 1911 Dasorgyia alpherakii f. staudingeri Bang-Haas,1938 Phragmatobia oberthueri Rothschild, 1910[1]

Lachana alpherakii is a species of moth of the family Lymantriidae. It is found in the high mountains of Central Asia, including Tibet and China.

The wingspan is 22–27 mm. The head, thorax, and abdomen are covered with long silky hairs, mostly intense dark brown with yellowish. It is a very variable species. The wings are mostly yellow with dark brown bands. The basal area of the forewing is yellow lightly mixed with brown scales. The internal bands are dark brown. The hindwings are yellow with a dark brown marginal band.^[2]

The larvae feed on Elaeagnus angustifolia.

Taxonomy

Gynaephora qinghaensis, Gynaephora aureata, Gynaephora ruoergensis, and Gynaephora minora all described from China by Chou & Ying in 1979 are probably synonyms of Lachana alpherakii.

References

1. Generic placement of the Neotropical species of “Phragmatobia” (Erebidae, Arctiinae), with a remarkable matrivorous species from the Peruvian Andes
2. Systematic notes on Dasorgyia Staudinger, 1881, Dicallomera Butler, 1881, and Lachana Moore, 1888 (Lymantriidae)