Parachrostia owadai is a moth of the family Erebidae first described by Shigero Sugi in 1982. It is known from Okinawa, Tokunoshima and Iheyajima, islands southwest of Japan.
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
Family: | Erebidae |
Genus: | Parachrostia |
Species: | P. owadai
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Binomial name | |
Parachrostia owadai (Sugi, 1982)
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Adults have been found in May, September, October, and November, but probably occur in numerous generations.
The wingspan is 11–13 mm.
References
edit- Fibiger, Michael (2008). "Revision of the Micronoctuidae (Lepidoptera: Noctuoidea). Part 2, Taxonomy of the Belluliinae, Magninae and Parachrostiinae" (PDF). Zootaxa. 1867: 1–136.