Tethea trifolium

Tethea trifolium
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Drepanidae
Genus:	Tethea
Species:	T. trifolium
Binomial name
	Tethea trifolium; (Alphéraky, 1895)
Synonyms
	Cymatophora trifoliumAlphéraky, 1895; Saronaga japonicaOkano, 1959;

Last updated August 29, 2025

Tethea trifolium is a moth in the family Drepanidae.^[1] It is found in China (Heilongjiang, Jilin),^[2] the Russian Far East and Japan (Hokkaido, Honshu). The habitat consists of various types of mixed and broad-leaved forests.

The larvae feed on Malus mandshurica and Prunus avium .^[3]

References

↑ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Tethea trifolium". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index . Natural History Museum . Retrieved May 28, 2018.
↑ Jiang, Nan; Yang, Chao; Xue, Dayong; Han, Hongxiang (March 2015). "An updated checklist of Thyatirinae (Lepidoptera, Drepanidae) from China, with descriptions of one new species" . Zootaxa. 3941 (1): 1–48. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3941.1.1. PMID 25947492.
↑ "A review of the Thyatirin-moths (Lepidoptera, Drepanidae: Thyatirinae) of the Russian Far East" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-10-20. Retrieved 2015-03-30.

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[1] Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Tethea trifolium". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index . Natural History Museum . Retrieved May 28, 2018.

[2] Jiang, Nan; Yang, Chao; Xue, Dayong; Han, Hongxiang (March 2015). "An updated checklist of Thyatirinae (Lepidoptera, Drepanidae) from China, with descriptions of one new species" . Zootaxa. 3941 (1): 1–48. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3941.1.1. PMID 25947492.

[3] "A review of the Thyatirin-moths (Lepidoptera, Drepanidae: Thyatirinae) of the Russian Far East" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-10-20. Retrieved 2015-03-30.

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