Demopsestis punctigera

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Demopsestis punctigera
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Drepanidae
Genus: Demopsestis
Species:
D. punctigera
Binomial name
Demopsestis punctigera
(Butler, 1885)
Synonyms
  • Asphalia punctigeraButler, 1885

Demopsestis punctigera is a moth in the family Drepanidae. It was described by Arthur Gardiner Butler in 1885. [1] It is found in Japan, Korea [2] and the Chinese provinces of [3] Jilin, Shaanxi and Jiangsu. [4]

The wingspan is 33–40 mm. [5]

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References

  1. Beccaloni, George; et al., eds. (February 2005). "Scientific name search". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum.
  2. A Faunistic Study of Moths on Wolchulsan National Park
  3. Faunistic Data of Thyatiridae (Lepidoptera) in the Mt. Changbai of China
  4. Jiang, Nan; Yang, Chao; Xue, Dayong; Han, Hongxiang (March 2015). "An updated checklist of Thyatirinae (Lepidoptera, Drepanidae) from China, with descriptions of one new species". Zootaxa. 3941 (1): 1–48. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3941.1.1. PMID   25947492.
  5. Japanese Moths