Oberthueria caeca is a moth in the Endromidae family. It was described by Oberthür in 1880.[1] It is found in China[2] (Heilongjiang, Jilin, Shaanxi, Henan), Korea[3] and the Russian Far East. The habitat consists of lowland broad-leaved humid forests.
| Oberthueria caeca | |
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| O. caeca from Uldura Mts, Birofeld, Russia | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Endromidae |
| Genus: | Oberthueria |
| Species: | O. caeca
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| Binomial name | |
| Oberthueria caeca (Oberthür, 1880)
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The wingspan is 38–45 mm. Adults are on wing from May to June and again from July to August in two generations per year.[4]
Caterpillar
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Dorsal view; Khekhtsyr, Khabarovsk env., Russia -
Lateral view; Khekhtsyr, Khabarovsk env., Russia
References
edit- ^ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Oberthueria caeca". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 27, 2018.
- ^ BOLD Systems
- ^ Korean Red List
- ^ Zolotuhin, V.V. & Xing Wang, 2013: A taxonomic review of Oberthueria Kirby, 1892 (Lepidoptera, Bombycidae: Oberthuerinae) with description of three new species. zootaxa 2013 3693 (4) 465–478.
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