Oberthueria falcigera
| Oberthueria falcigera | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Endromidae |
| Genus: | Oberthueria |
| Species: | O. falcigera |
| Binomial name | |
| Oberthueria falcigera (Butler, 1878) | |
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Oberthueria falcigera is a moth in the family Endromidae. It is found in Japan[1] (Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu).
The wingspan is 38–46 mm.[2] Adults are on wing from June to late August, probably in two generations per year.[3]
The larvae feed on Acer and Quercus species. They have a peculiar cobra-like thorax and a long anal horn.[4]
References
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Oberthueria falcigera.
Wikispecies has information related to Oberthueria falcigera.
- ^ BOLD Systems - Taxonomy Browser
- ^ Japanese Moths
- ^ 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.
- ^ Immature Stages of Four Bombycidae Species of Taiwan Archived 2012-05-12 at the Wayback Machine