Macrothyatira flavida
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Drepanidae |
| Genus: | Macrothyatira |
| Species: | M. flavida
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| Macrothyatira flavida (Butler, 1885)
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Macrothyatira flavida is a moth in the family Drepanidae first described by Arthur Gardiner Butler in 1885. It is found in the Russian Far East (southern Sakhalin, southern Kuriles),[1] Taiwan, Japan and China (Henan, Shaanxi, Ningxia, Gansu, Zhejiang, Hubei, Hunan, Fujian, Sichuan, Yunnan).[2]
The wingspan is 37–44 mm.[3] Adults are similar to Macrothyatira stramineata, but considerably smaller and much duller, the hindwings suffused with dull brownish grey.[4]
Subspecies[edit]
- Macrothyatira flavida flavida (Taiwan, Japan, south-eastern Russia)
- Macrothyatira flavida tapaischana (Sick, 1941) (China: Henan, Shaanxi, Ningxia, Gansu, Zhejiang, Hubei, Hunan, Fujian, Sichuan, Yunnan)
References[edit]
- ^ A review of the Thyatirin-moths (Lepidoptera, Drepanidae: Thyatirinae) of the Russian Far East Archived 2013-10-20 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Jiang, Nan; Yang, Chao; Xue, Dayong; Han, Hongxiang (March 2015). "An updated checklist of Thyatirinae (Lepidoptera, Drepanidae) from China, with descriptions of one new species". Zootaxa. 3941 (1): 1–48. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3941.1.1. PMID 25947492.
- ^ "離斑波紋蛾 Macrothyatira flavida (Butler,1885)". 驚奇山行 [Surprise mountain line]. June 13, 2010. Retrieved September 8, 2018.
- ^ Seitz, Adalbert (1913) The Macrolepidoptera of the World: A Systematic Description of the Hitherto Known Macrolepidoptera. Archived from the original March 4, 2016.
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