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Macrothyatira flavida

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Drepanidae

Rank
  
Species

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Genus
  
Macrothyatira

Macrothyatira flavida

Macrothyatira flavida is a moth in the Drepanidae family. It is found in the Russian Far East (southern Sakhalin, southern Kuriles), Taiwan, Japan and China (Henan, Shaanxi, Ningxia, Gansu, Zhejiang, Hubei, Hunan, Fujian, Sichuan, Yunnan).

The wingspan is 37–44 mm. Adults are similar to Macrothyatira stramineata, but considerably smaller and much duller, the hindwings suffused with dull brownish grey.

Subspecies

  • Macrothyatira flavida flavida (Taiwan, Japan, south-eastern Russia)
  • Macrothyatira flavida tapaischana (Sick, 1941) (China: Henan, Shaanxi, Ningxia, Gansu, Zhejiang, Hubei, Hunan, Fujian, Sichuan, Yunnan)
  • References

    Macrothyatira flavida Wikipedia