Microblepsis violacea
| Microblepsis violacea | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Drepanidae |
| Genus: | Microblepsis |
| Species: | M. violacea |
| Binomial name | |
| Microblepsis violacea | |
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Microblepsis violacea is a moth in the family Drepanidae first described by Arthur Gardiner Butler in 1889. It is found in north-western and north-eastern India, Taiwan and China (Sichuan, Yunnan, Guangdong, Zhejiang, Fujian).[2]
The wingspan is 25–36 mm.:[3][4]
The larvae feed on the leaves of Castanopsis formosana.[5]
References
[edit]- ↑ "Menophra nakajimai Sato, 1984". TaiBNET - Catalogue of Life of Taiwan. Retrieved August 13, 2018.
- ↑ Savela, Markku. "Microblepsis violacea (Butler, 1889)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved August 13, 2018.
- ↑ "gaga.biodiv.tw". gaga.biodiv.tw. 2009-07-28. Retrieved 2011-12-19.
- ↑ "灰褐鉤蛾 Species Microblepsis violacea (Bulter, 1889) | 臺灣生命大百科". 臺灣生命大百科 (in Chinese (Taiwan)). Retrieved 2019-03-13.
- ↑ "Larval Morphology and Host Plants of Drepanidea (Lepidoptera: Drepanidae) in Southern Taiwan" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-04-25. Retrieved 2011-12-19.
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