Oroplema plagifera

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Oroplema plagifera
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Uraniidae
Genus: Oroplema
Species:
O. plagifera
Binomial name
Oroplema plagifera
(Butler, 1881)
Synonyms
  • Eriosia plagiferaButler 1881
  • Epiplema plagifera
  • Orplema plagifera
  • Epiplema plagiata
  • Eversmannia plagifera
  • Epiplema sponsaSwinhoe, 1895

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 .

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