Epipsestis nigropunctata
| Epipsestis nigropunctata | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Drepanidae |
| Genus: | Epipsestis |
| Species: | E. nigropunctata |
| Binomial name | |
| Epipsestis nigropunctata (Sick, 1941) | |
| Synonyms | |
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Epipsestis nigropunctata is a moth in the Drepanidae family.[1] It is found in China, Japan[2] (Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku), Korea, the Russian Far East and Nepal.[3]
The larvae feed on Quercus mongolica.[4]
Subspecies
- Epipsestis nigropunctata nigropunctata (Nepal, China: Yunnan)
- Epipsestis nigropunctata perornata Inoue, 1972 (south-eastern Russia, Japan, Korean Peninsula, China: Shaanxi)
References
- ↑ LepIndex
- ↑ Sick, 1941, Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift Iris 1941: 5.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ A review of the Thyatirin-moths (Lepidoptera, Drepanidae: Thyatirinae) of the Russian Far East
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