Agnidra scabiosa
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Drepanidae
Genus: Agnidra
Species:
A. scabiosa
Binomial name
Agnidra scabiosa
(Butler, 1877)
Synonyms
  • Drepana scabiosa Butler, 1877
  • Albara scabiosa
  • Zanclalbara scabiosa
  • Albara scabiosa fixseni Bryk, 1949

Agnidra scabiosa is a moth in the family Drepanidae. It was described by Arthur Gardiner Butler in 1877.[1] It is found in south-eastern Russia, Korea, Japan and China.[2]

The wingspan is 14-17.5 mm for males and 17.5–20 mm for females. Adults are similar to Agnidra fuscilinea, but have a distinctive colour pattern of the wings.[3]

The larvae feed on Quercus and Castanea species.

Subspecies

  • Agnidra scabiosa scabiosa (Japan, south-eastern Russia)
  • Agnidra scabiosa fixseni (Bryk, 1949) (Korea, China: Manchuria, Zhejing, Hunan, Hubei, Jiangsu)

References

  1. ↑ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Agnidra scabiosa​". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved 10 July 2018.
  2. ↑ Agnidra at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  3. ↑ Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) (Entomology) Suppl. 12


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