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Microblepsis flavilinea

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Drepanidae

Rank
  
Species

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Genus
  
Microblepsis

Microblepsis flavilinea is a moth in the Drepanidae family. It was described by Leech in 1890. It is found in China.

The wingspan is about 32 mm. Adults are smoky grey, tinged with violet. The basal line of the forewings is yellowish and the central line is yellow, starting from the yellowish apex. The submarginal line is also yellowish, narrow and united with the central line towards the apex. All lines are continued on the hindwings.

Subspecies

  • Microblepsis flavilinea flavilinea (China: Hubei, Jiangxi, Zhejiang)
  • Microblepsis flavilinea shensiensis (Watson, 1968) (China: Shaanxi)
  • References

    Microblepsis flavilinea Wikipedia