Parapsestis argenteopicta
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Parapsestis argenteopicta (Oberthür, 1879)
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Parapsestis argenteopicta is a moth in the Drepanidae family. 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 larvae feed on Quercus mongolica.[3]
Subspecies
- Parapsestis argenteopicta argenteopicta (Russian Far East, Japan, Korea, China: Jilin, Henan, Shaanxi, Gansu, Zhejiang, Hubei, Jiangxi, Hunan, Sichuan, Yunnan)
- Parapsestis argenteopicta annamica Laszlo, G.Ronkay, L.Ronkay & Witt, 2007 (Nepal)
- Parapsestis argenteopicta nepalina Laszlo, G.Ronkay, L.Ronkay & Witt, 2007 (Nepal)
- Parapsestis argenteopicta taiwana (Wileman, 1911) (Taiwan)
References
- ^ 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.
- ^ Japanese Moths
- ^ A review of the Thyatirin-moths (Lepidoptera, Drepanidae: Thyatirinae) of the Russian Far East