Acropteris iphiata (Guenee, 1857)
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).
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Expansion
This species marks on the maps: 4.
Russia regions
#40. Primorsky.
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
- [3] Каталог чешуекрылых (Lepidoptera) России. Под ред. С. Ю. Синёва. СПб.; М.: Товарищество научных изданий КМК, 2008
- [130] Определитель насекомых Дальнего Востока России том 5. Ручейники и чешуекрылые, часть 5. Владивосток: Дальнаука, 2005
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