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Fuscoptilia emarginatus

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Species of plume moth

Fuscoptilia emarginatus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pterophoridae
Genus: Fuscoptilia
Species: F. emarginatus
Binomial name
Fuscoptilia emarginatus
(Snellen, 1884)
Synonyms
  • Fuscoptilia emarginata
  • Pterophorus emarginatus Snellen, 1884
  • Mimaesoptilus emarginatus
  • Platyptilia emarginata
  • Stenoptilia emarginata
  • Marasmarcha emarginata
  • Marasmarcha bajanica Fazekas, 2003
  • Stenoptilia nakanensis Matsumura, 1931
  • Stenoptilia sapporensis Matsumura, 1931
  • Platyptilia metricoterma Caradja, 1920

Fuscoptilia emarginatus is a moth of the family Pterophoridae. It is found in the Hokkaido, Honshu and Kyushu islands of Japan, the Kuril Islands, Korea, China and Amur. It is also known from Mongolia.

The length of the forewings is 8–12 mm.

The larvae feed on Lespedeza bicolor and Lespedeza cuneata. The adult appears from May to September.

References

  1. Hobern, Donald (5 May 2023). "Family Pterophoridae". Catalogue of the Pterophoroidea of the World. Retrieved 11 May 2023.
  2. Fazekas, Imre (2003). "Federmotten aus der Mongolei, Russland, der Türkei, der Balkanhalbinsel und Afrika, mit Beschreibung neuer Arten (Microlepidoptera: Pterophoridae)" [Five new species, distribution records of plume moths from Mongolia, Russia, Turkey, Balkans and the Africa (Microlepidoptera: Pterophoridae)]. Folia comloensis (in German). 12: 5–24.

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Taxon identifiers
Fuscoptilia emarginata


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