Parapsestis argenteopicta

Parapsestis argenteopicta
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Drepanidae
Genus:	Parapsestis
Species:	P. argenteopicta
Binomial name
	Parapsestis argenteopicta; (Oberthür, 1879)
Synonyms
	Cymatophora argenteopicta Oberthür, 1879; Cymatophora plumbea Butler, 1879; Palimpsestis latipennis Matsumura, 1909; Palimpsestis suzukii Matsumura, 1921; Parapsestis albomarginalis Matsumura, 1927; Palimpsestes taiwana Wileman, 1911; Parapsestis baibarana Matsumura, 1931;

Parapsestis argenteopicta is a moth in the family Drepanidae. It was described by Oberthür in 1879.^[1] It is found in the Russian Far East, Korea, Japan, Taiwan, western, north-eastern, northern and central China and Nepal. The habitat consists of various types of mixed forests and oak woods.

The wingspan is 39–47 mm.^[2]

The larvae feed on Quercus mongolica.^[3]

Subspecies[edit]

Parapsestis argenteopicta argenteopicta (Russian Far East, Japan, Korea, China: Jilin, Henan, Shaanxi, Gansu, Zhejiang, Hubei, Jiangxi, Hunan, Sichuan, Yunnan)
Parapsestis argenteopicta annamica Laszlo, G.Ronkay, L.Ronkay & Witt, 2007 (Nepal)
Parapsestis argenteopicta nepalina Laszlo, G.Ronkay, L.Ronkay & Witt, 2007 (Nepal)
Parapsestis argenteopicta taiwana (Wileman, 1911) (Taiwan)

References[edit]

^ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Parapsestis argenteopicta". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 27, 2018.
^ Japanese Moths
^ A review of the Thyatirin-moths (Lepidoptera, Drepanidae: Thyatirinae) of the Russian Far East

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[1] Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Parapsestis argenteopicta". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 27, 2018.

[2] Japanese Moths

[3] A review of the Thyatirin-moths (Lepidoptera, Drepanidae: Thyatirinae) of the Russian Far East

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