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Acropteris iphiata (Guenee, 1857)

Имаго  Acropteris iphiata

Taxonomy

class Insecta subclass Pterygota infraclass Neoptera superorder Holometabola order Lepidoptera superfamily Geometroidea family Uraniidae subfamily Microniinae genus Acropteris → species Acropteris iphiata

Species name(s)

Acropteris iphiata (Guenee, 1857).

urn:lsid:insecta.pro:taxonomy:21517

Expansion

This species marks on the maps: 4.

Russia regions

#40. Primorsky.

Имаго  Acropteris iphiata

Detailed information with references

Distribution

  • Regions of the Russian Federation: Seaside. [3].
  • South Primorye.
    Outside Russia: -Japan, Korea Peninsula, China, North India, Myanmar, Malaysia [130].

Imago Habitus and Differences from alike species

  • The front wings with sickle priostrёnnoy top, the rear fenders with barely planned projection at the end of the M3. The wings are white, with a pattern of brownish-gray stripes and lines.The front wings are two similar wedge-shaped strip 3 and a thin line in the field podkraevom oblique to the outer edge of the wings, which bear against the bright brown apical smear; on the rear fenders are stripes and lines are located across the wings.
    The genus of 11 species. In Russia, one kind. [130].

Imago lifespan

  • Late June-early August. [130].

Larva food plants / other food objects

  • Caterpillars on Metaplexis japonica (Japanese metapleksis) [130].

Authors

Photos: Irina Nikulina, Yuri Semejkin.

Text data: Peter Khramov, Yuri Semejkin.

The species characteristics formalization: Peter Khramov.

References

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