Mustilia fusca is a species of moth in the family Endromidae first described by Yasunori Kishida in 1993. It is found in Taiwan.[1][2]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Endromidae |
| Genus: | Mustilia |
| Species: | M. fusca
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| Mustilia fusca Kishida, 1993
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The larvae feed on the leaves of Trochodendron aralioides. They reach a length of 45 mm when full grown.[3][4]
References
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- ^ Wu, Shipher (June 6, 2017). "Smerkata fusca (Kishida, 1993) 赭樺蛾(赭蠶蛾)". Catalogue of Life in Taiwan (in Chinese). Biodiversity Research Center, Academia Sinica. Retrieved November 8, 2019.
- ^ Kishida, Yasunori (1993). "A new species of Mustilia Walker (Bombycidae) from Taiwan". Japan Heterocerists』 J. 173: 407–408.
- ^ Immature Stages of Four Bombycidae Species of Taiwan Archived 2012-05-12 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Shipher, Wu; Fu, Chien-Ming; Shih, Li-Chen; Lin, Hsu-Hong (2013). Endromidae. Moths of Hehuanshan. Nantou: Endemic Species Research Institute. pp. 242–245, pl. 19: 10–15, 20: 1–3, 21: 12, 13.
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