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Microblepsis violacea
Male
Female
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Drepanidae
Genus:	Microblepsis
Species:	M. violacea
Binomial name
Microblepsis violacea (Butler, 1889)
Synonyms
Agnidra violacea Butler, 1889 Drepana violacea Albara violacea Albara takasago Okano, 1959

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).

The wingspan is 25–36 mm.:

The larvae feed on the leaves of Castanopsis formosana.

References

1. "Menophra nakajimai Sato, 1984". TaiBNET - Catalogue of Life of Taiwan. Retrieved August 13, 2018.
2. Savela, Markku. "Microblepsis violacea (Butler, 1889)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved August 13, 2018.
3. "gaga.biodiv.tw". gaga.biodiv.tw. 2009-07-28. Retrieved 2011-12-19.
4. "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.
5. "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.

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