Mesoptila melanolopha: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Insecta
- Order
- Lepidoptera
- Family
- Geometridae
- Genus
- Mesoptila
- Species
- Mesoptila melanolopha
- Scientific Name
- Mesoptila melanolopha
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Mesoptila melanolopha
Mesoptila melanolopha is a moth in the family Geometridae first described by Charles Swinhoe in 1895. It is found in Nepal, China (Shaanxi, Jiangsu, Hunan), Korea, Japan, Taiwan, India (Sikkim, Meghalaya), Sri Lanka, Thailand, Vietnam, Malaysia and on Java, Bali and Borneo.
The wingspan is 16–21 mm.
The larvae have been recorded feeding Stephania species.
...Mesoptila melanolopha in languages:
- Japanese
- フタシロスジカバナミシャク
- Korean
- 검띠애기물결자나방
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