Oberthueria yandu

Oberthueria yandu is a moth in the Endromidae family. It is found in China (Sichuan, Zhejiang, Jiangxi, Fujian and eastern Tibet).

Oberthueria yandu
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Endromidae
Genus:
Oberthueria
Species:
O. yandu
Binomial name
Oberthueria yandu
Zolotuhin & Xing Wang, 2013

Adults have a chestnut brown ground colour, with an admixture of dark yellow colours on the hindwings and with dense suffusion of ash grey scales. The pattern is distinct, although the postmedian is vague. The submarginal fascia is white. Adults are on wing from late March to early July and again from August to early October in two generations per year.[1]

References
  1. Zolotuhin, V.V. & Xing Wang, 2013: A taxonomic review of Oberthueria Kirby, 1892 (Lepidoptera, Bombycidae: Oberthuerinae) with description of three new species. zootaxa 2013 3693 (4) 465–478.


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