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Paralebeda femorata

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Species of moth

Paralebeda femorata
Paralebeda femorata mirabilis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lasiocampidae
Genus: Paralebeda
Species: P. femorata
Binomial name
Paralebeda femorata
(Ménétriés, 1858)
Synonyms
  • Lasiocampa femorata Ménétriés, 1858

Paralebeda femorata is a moth of the family Lasiocampidae. It is found from the Russian Far East, eastern Mongolia, Korea and north-eastern China over eastern and central China and Taiwan to Bhutan, Nepal, northern India, Pakistan and northern Vietnam.

The wingspan is 90–115 mm.

The larvae have been recorded feeding on Pithecellobium dulce, Quercus dentata and Quercus acutissima.

Subspecies

  • Paralebeda femorata femorata (Russian Far East)
  • Paralebeda femorata karmata Zolotuhin, 1996 (Pakistan)
  • Paralebeda femorata mirabilis Zolotuhin, 1996 (Taiwan)
  • Paralebeda femorata titanica Zolotuhin & Witt, 2000 (Vietnam)

References

  1. To a study of asiatic Lasiocampidae 3. Short taxonomic notes on Paralebeda Aurivillius, 1894 (Lepidoptera)
Taxon identifiers
Paralebeda femorata


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