Euproctis pulverea
Appearance
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
Family: | Erebidae |
Genus: | Euproctis |
Species: | E. pulverea
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Binomial name | |
Euproctis pulverea (Leech, 1888)
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Euproctis pulverea is a moth of the subfamily Lymantriinae first described by John Henry Leech in 1888. It is found in Japan, Korea and Taiwan.[1]
The larvae feed on Eurya japonica, Prunus and Rosa species.
Taxonomy
[edit]A second species with the same name was described in 1900 by George Hampson (Euproctis pulverea) from the Australian Christmas Island. No alternative name has been assigned to that species.
References
[edit]- ^ Savela, Markku. "Euproctis pulverea (Leech, 1888)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Archived from the original on March 11, 2016. Retrieved November 4, 2018.