Nippoptilia vitis

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Nippoptilia vitis
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pterophoridae
Genus: Nippoptilia
Species:
N. vitis
Binomial name
Nippoptilia vitis
(Sasaki, 1913)
Synonyms
  • Stenoptilia vitisSasaki, 1913
  • Oxyptilus formosanusMatsumura, 1931

Nippoptilia vitis (grape plume moth) is a moth of the family Pterophoridae, that is known from Japan (Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu, Tsushima), Korea, Taiwan, China and Thailand.

The wingspan is about 11 millimetres (0.43 in) [1] and the length of the forewings is 7–8 millimetres (0.28–0.31 in).

The larvae feed on Ampelopsis glandulosa , Cayratia japonica , Parthenocissus tricuspidata , Vitis thunbergii and Vitis vinifera . They feed on the flowers leaves of their host plants. When feeding on the leaf of Cayratia japonica, it eats a leaf from the under surface. The pupal period lasts for about a week.

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References

  1. "A taxonomic review of the genus Nippoptilia (Lepidoptera: Pterophoridae) from Korea, with description of a new species".{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)