Miltochrista aberrans

Miltochrista aberrans is a moth in the family Erebidae first described by Arthur Gardiner Butler in 1877. It is found in China (Heilongjiang, Jilin, Beijing, Shaanxi, Henan, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Jiangxi, Fujian, Hubei, Hunan, Sichuan, Guangxi, Guangdong, Hainan), Korea, Russia, Japan and Taiwan.[1]

Miltochrista aberrans
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Subfamily: Arctiinae
Genus: Miltochrista
Species:
M. aberrans
Binomial name
Miltochrista aberrans
Butler, 1877
Synonyms
  • Calligenia askoldensis Oberthür, 1880

The wingspan is 17–26 mm. Adults are day flying and are on wing in March.[2]

Subspecies

  • Miltochrista aberrans aberrans
  • Miltochrista aberrans askoldensis (Oberthür, 1880) (Russia: Primorye, Korea, China, Japan)

References

  1. Savela, Markku. "Barsine aberrans (Butler, 1877)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved October 12, 2019.
  2. "Miltochrista aberrans Butler". Oriental Butterflies and Moths.


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