Manulea japonica

Manulea japonica is a moth of the family Erebidae. It is found on the Kuril Islands (Kunashir) and in China (Beijing, Shanxi, Shaanxi, Zhejiang, Yunnan, Sichuan, Tibet), Korea and Japan.[2] It has a wingspan of 25–30 mm.[3]

Manulea japonica
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Subfamily: Arctiinae
Genus: Manulea
Species:
M. japonica
Binomial name
Manulea japonica
(Leech, [1889])[1]
Synonyms
  • Lithosia japonica Leech, [1889] 1888
  • Pelosia albicostata Hampson, 1901
  • Eilema japonica
  • Eilema japonicum
  • Lithosia ainonis Matsumura, 1927

Subspecies
  • Manulea japonica japonica
  • Manulea japonica ainonis (Matsumura, 1927) (Kunashir, Japan: Hokkaido)

References
  1. Dubatolov, V. V. & Zolotuhin, V. V. (2011). "Does Eilema Hübner, [1819] (Lepidoptera, Arctiidae, Lithosiinae) present one or several genera?" (PDF). Euroasian Entomological Journal. 10 (3): 367–379, 380, VII.
  2. Savela, Markku. "Eilema japonica (Leech, [1889])". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved October 9, 2019.
  3. Japanese Moths


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