Microblepsis violacea

Microblepsis violacea
Male
Female
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Drepanidae
Genus: Microblepsis
Species: M. violacea
Binomial name
Microblepsis violacea
(Butler, 1889)[1]
Synonyms
  • Agnidra violacea Butler, 1889
  • Drepana violacea
  • Albara violacea
  • Albara takasago Okano, 1959

Microblepsis violacea is a moth in the Drepanidae family. It is found in north-western and north-eastern India, Taiwan and China (Szechwan, Yunnan, Kwangtung, Chekiang, Fukien).[2]

The wingspan is 25-36 mm.[3]

The larvae feed on the leaves of Castanopsis formosana. The mature larvae spin silk and are fixed at the tip or base of the leaf where pupation takes place.[4]

References

  1. ^ "TaiBNET - Catalogue of Life of Taiwan". Taibnet.sinica.edu.tw. http://taibnet.sinica.edu.tw/chi/taibnet_species_detail.php?name_code=345059. Retrieved 2011-12-19. 
  2. ^ "Microblepsis at funet". Nic.funet.fi. 2009-09-09. http://www.nic.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/drepanoidea/drepanidae/drepaninae/microblepsis/index.html. Retrieved 2011-12-19. 
  3. ^ "gaga.biodiv.tw". gaga.biodiv.tw. 2009-07-28. http://gaga.biodiv.tw/new23/9409/017.htm. Retrieved 2011-12-19. 
  4. ^ "Larval Morphology and Host Plants of Drepanidea (Lepidoptera: Drepanidae) in Southern Taiwan" (PDF). http://140.112.100.38/chinese/publication/journal/pdf/t2201/t220103.pdf. Retrieved 2011-12-19.