Microblepsis violacea is a moth in the family Drepanidae first described by Arthur Gardiner Butler in 1889. It is found in north-western and north-eastern India, Taiwan and China (Sichuan, Yunnan, Guangdong, Zhejiang, Fujian).[2]
Microblepsis violacea | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Drepanidae |
Genus: | Microblepsis |
Species: | M. violacea
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Binomial name | |
Microblepsis violacea | |
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The wingspan is 25–36 mm.:[3][4]
The larvae feed on the leaves of Castanopsis formosana.[5]
References
edit- ^ "Menophra nakajimai Sato, 1984". TaiBNET - Catalogue of Life of Taiwan. Retrieved August 13, 2018.
- ^ Savela, Markku. "Microblepsis violacea (Butler, 1889)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved August 13, 2018.
- ^ "gaga.biodiv.tw". gaga.biodiv.tw. 2009-07-28. Retrieved 2011-12-19.
- ^ "灰褐鉤蛾 Species Microblepsis violacea (Bulter, 1889) | 臺灣生命大百科". 臺灣生命大百科 (in Chinese (Taiwan)). Retrieved 2019-03-13.
- ^ "Larval Morphology and Host Plants of Drepanidea (Lepidoptera: Drepanidae) in Southern Taiwan" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-04-25. Retrieved 2011-12-19.