Macrothyatira flavida

Macrothyatira flavida
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Drepanidae
Genus: Macrothyatira
Species: M. flavida
Binomial name
Macrothyatira flavida
(Butler, 1885)
Synonyms
  • Thyatira flavida Butler, 1885
  • Thyatira tapaischana Sick, 1941

Macrothyatira flavida is a moth in the Drepanidae family. It is found in the Russian Far East (southern Sakhalin, southern Kuriles),[1] Taiwan, Japan and China (Henan, Shaanxi, Ningxia, Gansu, Zhejiang, Hubei, Hunan, Fujian, Sichuan, Yunnan).[2]

The wingspan is 37–44 mm.[3] Adults are similar to Macrothyatira stramineata, but considerably smaller and much duller, the hindwings suffused with dull brownish grey.[4]

Subspecies

References

  1. A review of the Thyatirin-moths (Lepidoptera, Drepanidae: Thyatirinae) of the Russian Far East
  2. Jiang, N., Yang, C., Xue, D-Y. & Han, H-X. 2015: An updated checklist of Thyatirinae (Lepidoptera, Drepanidae) from China, with descriptions of one new species. zootaxa 2015 3941.
  3. "gaga.biodiv.tw". gaga.biodiv.tw. 2010-06-13. Retrieved 2011-12-19.
  4. Seitz, Adalbert. The Macrolepidoptera of the World: A Systematic Description of the Hitherto Known Macrolepidoptera; 1913


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