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Euproctis piperita Oberthur, 1880

Имаго  Euproctis piperita

Taxonomy

class Insecta subclass Pterygota infraclass Neoptera superorder Holometabola order Lepidoptera superfamily Noctuoidea family Erebidae subfamily Lymantriinae tribe Nygmiini genus Euproctis → species Euproctis piperita

Species name(s)

Euproctis piperita Oberthur, 1880 = Nygmia subflava = Nygmia piperita. [3, 9]

urn:lsid:insecta.pro:taxonomy:22216

Expansion

This species marks on the maps: 4.

Russia regions

#37. Nizhne-Amursky; #40. Primorsky.

Самец  Euproctis piperita

Detailed information with references

Distribution

  • Regions of the Russian Federation: the Lower Amur, Seaside. [3].
  • Russian Regions: Khabarovsk Krai, Amur Region, Primorsky Krai, South Sakhalin, South Kuril Islands (Kunashir Island). Japan, Korea, C and Central China. [204].

Imago Habitus and Differences from alike species

  • Forewings with a broad brown-yellow band, broken and not reaching the costal margin in the median field; in the outer field between the veins there are clearly visible 4 black dots; sometimes the forewings are monotonous yellow, without a pattern. [204].

Imago lifespan

  • - VII - VIII [204].

Larva food plants / other food objects

  • Caterpillars on Mongolian oak (Quercus mongolica) and various rosaceae (Malus, Crataegus, Rubus ). [204].

Authors

Photos: Evgeny Komarov, Irina Nikulina.

Text data: Peter Khramov, Yuri Semejkin.

The species characteristics formalization: Peter Khramov.

References

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