Prismosticta fenestrata

Prismosticta fenestrata
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Endromidae
Genus:	Prismosticta
Species:	P. fenestrata
Binomial name
	Prismosticta fenestrata; Butler, 1880
Synonyms
	Prismosticta sinica Yang, 1995;

Prismosticta fenestrata is a moth in the family Endromidae first described by Arthur Gardiner Butler in 1880. It is found in China (Zhejiang, Xizang), Taiwan, India and Nepal.^[1]

Mature larvae vary in colour from greenish yellow to darkish brown marked with darker lines and paler stripes. Pupation takes place in a small cocoon of brown silk, spun on a twig or in a clump of leaves.^[2]

References

^ Wang, Xing; Huang, Guo-Hua; Wang, Min (2011). "Notes on the genus Prismosticta (Lepidoptera, Bombycidae) with description of a new species from China" (PDF). Zootaxa. 2895: 65–68. {{cite journal}}: Unknown parameter |last-author-amp= ignored (|name-list-style= suggested) (help)
^ Lin, Cheng-Shing (2005). "Immature Stages of Four Bombycidae Species of Taiwan". Collection and Research. 18: 25–31. Archived May 12, 2012.

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[1] Wang, Xing; Huang, Guo-Hua; Wang, Min (2011). "Notes on the genus Prismosticta (Lepidoptera, Bombycidae) with description of a new species from China" (PDF). Zootaxa. 2895: 65–68. {{cite journal}}: Unknown parameter |last-author-amp= ignored (|name-list-style= suggested) (help)

[2] Lin, Cheng-Shing (2005). "Immature Stages of Four Bombycidae Species of Taiwan". Collection and Research. 18: 25–31. Archived May 12, 2012.

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