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Paratalanta taiwanensis Yamanaka, 1972

Имаго  Paratalanta taiwanensis

Taxonomy

class Insecta subclass Pterygota infraclass Neoptera superorder Holometabola order Lepidoptera superfamily Pyraloidea family Crambidae subfamily Pyraustinae genus Paratalanta → species Paratalanta taiwanensis

Species name(s)

Paratalanta taiwanensis Yamanaka, 1972.

urn:lsid:insecta.pro:taxonomy:21423

Expansion

Russia regions

#39. Yuzhno-Kurilsky; #40. Primorsky.

Detailed information with references

Distribution

  • Regions of the Russian Federation: Seaside, South Kuril. [3].
  • China (Taiwan Island), Japan. [113].

Imago Habitus and Differences from alike species

  • The wingspan is 30-36 mm. The antennae of both sexes are simple, filiform. Labial palps are straight, bicolored: snow-white below, brown above. Maxillary palps at the end with a brush, brownish. Proboscis and eyes are present The forehead is smooth, light brown. The crown and nape are brown-cream. The forewings are yellow, the costal and outer margins are brown, the outer and inner bandages are thin, brown, and there is a dark brown dot at the end of the median cell. The fringe is cream. The hindwings are also yellow, with the outer edge and apex darkened, and the median band is thin and brown. [113].

General info about Larva

  • Caterpillars on the leaves of lycopus sp., pull together several leaves at the top or a leaf along the central vein with silkworm. [113].

Pupa

  • Pupation inside a clump of leaves. [113].

Subspecies of Paratalanta taiwanensis

Authors

Photo: Yuri Semejkin.

Text data: Peter Khramov, Yuri Semejkin.

The species characteristics formalization: Peter Khramov.

References

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