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
  • Polyploca nigropunctata Sick, 1941
  • Epipsestis perornata sicki Yoshimoto, 1988

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

References

  1. LepIndex
  2. Sick, 1941, Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift Iris 1941: 5.
  3. 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.
  4. A review of the Thyatirin-moths (Lepidoptera, Drepanidae: Thyatirinae) of the Russian Far East
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