Microblepsis violacea
Male
Female
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
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 family Drepanidae first described by Arthur Gardiner Butler in 1889. It is found in north-western and north-eastern India, Taiwan and China (Sichuan, Yunnan, Guangdong, Zhejiang, Fujian).[2]

The wingspan is 25–36 mm.:[3] the males of the antennae are double-toothed, and the females are filamentous; the overall color is quite uniform in gray-purple color, the top of the head, the front edge of the fore wing, the outer edge and the outer edge of the hind wing are orange-brown; The 1/4 segment of the apex angle is obviously curved outward, the tip of the apex is sharp, the outer edge is slightly inward at 1/5 of the apex angle, and the middle section of the posterior and posterior wing of the fore wing has a brown line, respectively. The former is slightly curved.[4]

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.[5]

References

  1. ↑ "Menophra nakajimai Sato, 1984". TaiBNET - Catalogue of Life of Taiwan. Retrieved August 13, 2018.
  2. ↑ Savela, Markku. "Microblepsis violacea (Butler, 1889)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved August 13, 2018.
  3. ↑ "gaga.biodiv.tw". gaga.biodiv.tw. 2009-07-28. Retrieved 2011-12-19.
  4. ↑ "灰褐鉤蛾 Species Microblepsis violacea (Bulter, 1889) | 臺灣生命大百科". 臺灣生命大百科 (in Chinese (Taiwan)). Retrieved 2019-03-13.
  5. ↑ "Larval Morphology and Host Plants of Drepanidea (Lepidoptera: Drepanidae) in Southern Taiwan" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-04-25. Retrieved 2011-12-19.


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