Mustilia fusca

Mustilia fusca
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Endromidae
Genus:	Mustilia
Species:	M. fusca
Binomial name
	Mustilia fusca; Kishida, 1993
Synonyms
	Smerkata fuscaKishida, 1993;

Last updated May 22, 2024

Mustilia fusca is a species of moth in the family Endromidae first described by Yasunori Kishida in 1993. It is found in Taiwan.^[1]^[2]

The larvae feed on the leaves of Trochodendron aralioides . They have a greenish-brown body and head. They reach a length of 45 mm when full grown.^[3]^[4] Pupation takes place in a black, rough and rugose (wrinkled) pupa, enclosed in a thin cocoon of brown silk spun among the leaves of the host plant.

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References

↑ Wu, Shipher (June 6, 2017). "Smerkata fusca (Kishida, 1993) 赭樺蛾(赭蠶蛾)". Catalogue of Life in Taiwan (in Chinese). Biodiversity Research Center, Academia Sinica . Retrieved November 8, 2019.
↑ Kishida, Yasunori (1993). "A new species of Mustilia Walker (Bombycidae) from Taiwan". Japan Heterocerists』 J. 173: 407–408.
↑ Immature Stages of Four Bombycidae Species of Taiwan Archived 2012-05-12 at the Wayback Machine
↑ Shipher, Wu; Fu, Chien-Ming; Shih, Li-Chen; Lin, Hsu-Hong (2013). Endromidae. Moths of Hehuanshan. Nantou: Endemic Species Research Institute. pp. 242–245, pl. 19: 10–15, 20: 1–3, 21: 12, 13.

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[1] Wu, Shipher (June 6, 2017). "Smerkata fusca (Kishida, 1993) 赭樺蛾(赭蠶蛾)". Catalogue of Life in Taiwan (in Chinese). Biodiversity Research Center, Academia Sinica . Retrieved November 8, 2019.

[2] Kishida, Yasunori (1993). "A new species of Mustilia Walker (Bombycidae) from Taiwan". Japan Heterocerists』 J. 173: 407–408.

[3] Immature Stages of Four Bombycidae Species of Taiwan Archived 2012-05-12 at the Wayback Machine

[4] Shipher, Wu; Fu, Chien-Ming; Shih, Li-Chen; Lin, Hsu-Hong (2013). Endromidae. Moths of Hehuanshan. Nantou: Endemic Species Research Institute. pp. 242–245, pl. 19: 10–15, 20: 1–3, 21: 12, 13.

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