Manulea fuscodorsalis

Manulea fuscodorsalis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Arctiidae
Genus: Manulea
Species: M. fuscodorsalis
Binomial name
Manulea fuscodorsalis
(Matsumura, 1930)[1]
Synonyms
  • Lithosia fuscodorsalis Matsumura, 1930
  • Lithosia yokohamae Daniel, 1954
  • Eilema fuscodorsalis

Manulea fuscodorsalis is a moth of the Arctiidae family. It is found in Taiwan and Japan.[2]

The wingspan is about 30 mm. The wings are greyish white, with a yellowish tinge. The forewings with a silky lustre, at the extreme base of the costa narrowly fuscous. The hindwings are opaque, and paler than the forewings, at the costa broadly ashy grey.[3]

References

  1. ↑ Dubatolov, V. V. & V. V. Zolotuhin. (2011). Does Eilema Hübner, (1819) (Lepidoptera, Arctiidae, Lithosiinae) present one or several genera? Euroasian Entomological Journal 10(3) 367-79, 380, col. plate VII.
  2. ↑ Japanese Moths
  3. ↑ Matsumura, S., 1930: New species and forms of Arctiidae from Japan. Insecta Matsumurana, 5 (1-2): 31-40. Full article: .
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