Oroplema plagifera | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Uraniidae |
Genus: | Oroplema |
Species: | O. plagifera |
Binomial name | |
Oroplema plagifera (Butler, 1881) | |
Synonyms | |
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Oroplema plagifera is a moth of the family Uraniidae first described by Arthur Gardiner Butler in 1881. It is found on the Korean Peninsula and in Japan (Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu, Yakushima Island), eastern China, Russia (Sakhalin), Taiwan and northern India. [1]
The wingspan is 15–18 mm for males and 17–21 mm for females. The forewings are white, sparsely suffused with grayish scales. The hindwings are white. They resemble bird droppings. There are two generations per year in Korea. Adults have a resting posture in which the forewings are rolled up and extended horizontally and the hindwings are folded along the sides of the abdomen.
The larvae feed on Viburnum dilatatum and Viburnum furcatum .
The common emerald is a moth of the family Geometridae. The species is found throughout the Nearctic and Palearctic regions and the Near East. It is mostly commonly found in the southern half of the Ireland and Britain. It was accidentally introduced into southern British Columbia in 1973.
The setaceous Hebrew character is a moth of the family Noctuidae. The species was first described by Carl Linnaeus in his 1758 10th edition of Systema Naturae. It is found in the Palearctic realm. It is a common species throughout Europe and North Asia and Central Asia, South Asia, China, Japan and Korea. It is also found in North America, from coast to coast across Canada and the northern United States to western Alaska. It occurs in the Rocky Mountains from Montana to southern Arizona and New Mexico. In the east, it ranges from Maine to North Carolina. It has recently been recorded in Tennessee.
Callophrys henrici, the Henry's elfin or woodland elfin, is a North American butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. In Canada it is found from southern Manitoba to southern Nova Scotia. It has two main groups of populations in the United States; the first is found along the Atlantic Coast and uses various hollies (Ilex) as host plants; and the second is found mainly in the north and the Appalachians where they use redbud as a host plant. Henry's elfin is increasing in New England because of an introduced buckthorn it now uses as a host plant. It is listed as a species of special concern in the US state of Connecticut.
Urapteroides astheniata is a moth of the family Uraniidae first described by Achille Guenée in 1857. It is found in south-east Asia, from India, Sri Lanka to Fiji, including New Guinea and the tropical north of Australia.
Eugraphe sigma is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is found from most of Europe to the Ural, Siberia, Transcaucasia, Armenia and Korea.
Phazaca leucocera is a species of moth of the family Uraniidae. It is found in Sri Lanka, southern India, China, Borneo and the Solomon Islands.
Europlema desistaria is a species of moth of the family Uraniidae first described by Francis Walker in 1861. It is found in India, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Thailand, Taiwan, Borneo, Sulawesi, Flores and Queensland.
Satyrium liparops, the striped hairstreak, is a butterfly of the family Lycaenidae described by John Eatton Le Conte in 1833. It is found in North America, from the Rocky Mountains south from southern Canada to Colorado, east to Maine and south to Florida.
Phazaca theclata is a moth of the family Uraniidae. It was first described by Achille Guenée in 1858. It is known from Africa south of the Sahara, from Saudi Arabia, as well as from India, Japan, Myanmar, Nepal and Sri Lanka.
Eriopithex lanaris is a moth in the family Geometridae. It is found in the north-eastern Himalayas, as well as on Peninsular Malaysia, Borneo, Bali, Sulawesi, the Sangihe Islands and in New Guinea and Queensland.
Dysaethria quadricaudata is a species of moth of the family Uraniidae first described by Francis Walker in 1896. It is found in the Indo-Australian tropics from India, Sri Lanka to Myanmar, Taiwan and the Solomon Islands. The habitat consists of lowland forests and disturbed and cultivated areas.
Amorbia humerosana, the white-lined leafroller, is a species of moth of the family Tortricidae. It is found from the Gulf states to the northeastern United States and southeastern Canada.
Racotis boarmiaria is a species of moth of the family Geometridae described by Achille Guenée in 1857. It is found in India, Sri Lanka, Maldives, Myanmar, China, Japan, Taiwan, Indonesia, Bhutan and Malaysia.
Acleris schalleriana, the viburnum button or Schaller's acleris moth, is a moth of the family Tortricidae. It was described by Carl Linnaeus in 1761. It is found in most of Europe. It is also found in North America. Acleris viburnana is a possible synonym that refers to the North American populations.
Epiplema albida is a species of moth of the family Uraniidae. It was described by George Hampson in 1895. It is found in India, and Sri Lanka.
Argyrotaenia juglandana, the hickory leafroller moth, is a species of moth of the family Tortricidae. It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, Missouri, New Hampshire, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Ontario, Pennsylvania, Quebec, Tennessee, Texas, West Virginia and Wisconsin. The habitat consists of deciduous woodlands and parks where hickory grows.
Lomographa vestaliata, the white spring moth, is a moth in the family Geometridae. The species was first described by Achille Guenée in 1857. Adults are diurnal and on wing in spring.
Tridrepana sera is a moth in the family Drepanidae. It was first described by William Warren in 1896. It is found on Fergusson Island and in New Guinea.
Pseudemodesa plenicornis is a moth in the family Drepanidae and the only species in the genus Pseudemodesa. It was described by Warren in 1899. It is found on the Louisiade Archipelago.
Monobolodes prunaria is a species of moth of the family Uraniidae first described by Frederic Moore in 1887. It is found in Sri Lanka, India, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Korea, Japan and possibly Borneo.