Parapsestis argenteopicta

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Parapsestis argenteopicta
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Drepanidae
Genus: Parapsestis
Species:
P. argenteopicta
Binomial name
Parapsestis argenteopicta
(Oberthür, 1879)
Synonyms
  • Cymatophora argenteopictaOberthür, 1879
  • Cymatophora plumbeaButler, 1879
  • Palimpsestis latipennisMatsumura, 1909
  • Palimpsestis suzukiiMatsumura, 1921
  • Parapsestis albomarginalisMatsumura, 1927
  • Palimpsestes taiwanaWileman, 1911
  • Parapsestis baibaranaMatsumura, 1931

Parapsestis argenteopicta is a moth in the family Drepanidae. It was described by Oberthür in 1879. [1] It is found in the Russian Far East, Korea, Japan, Taiwan, western, north-eastern, northern and central China and Nepal. The habitat consists of various types of mixed forests and oak woods.

The wingspan is 39–47 mm. [2]

The larvae feed on Quercus mongolica . [3]

Subspecies

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References

  1. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Parapsestis argenteopicta". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index . Natural History Museum . Retrieved May 27, 2018.
  2. Japanese Moths
  3. A review of the Thyatirin-moths (Lepidoptera, Drepanidae: Thyatirinae) of the Russian Far East