Tethea trifolium

Tethea trifolium is a moth in the family Drepanidae.[1] It is found in China (Heilongjiang, Jilin),[2] the Russian Far East and Japan (Hokkaido, Honshu). The habitat consists of various types of mixed and broad-leaved forests.

Tethea trifolium
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Drepanidae
Genus:
Tethea
Species:
T. trifolium
Binomial name
Tethea trifolium
(Alphéraky, 1895)
Synonyms
  • Cymatophora trifolium Alphéraky, 1895
  • Saronaga japonica Okano, 1959

The larvae feed on Malus mandshurica and Prunus avium.[3]

References
  1. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Tethea trifolium". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 28, 2018.
  2. Jiang, Nan; Yang, Chao; Xue, Dayong; Han, Hongxiang (March 2015). "An updated checklist of Thyatirinae (Lepidoptera, Drepanidae) from China, with descriptions of one new species". Zootaxa. 3941 (1): 1–48. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3941.1.1. PMID 25947492.
  3. A review of the Thyatirin-moths (Lepidoptera, Drepanidae: Thyatirinae) of the Russian Far East


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