Nippoptilia vitis: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Insecta
- Order
- Lepidoptera
- Family
- Pterophoridae
- Genus
- Nippoptilia
- Species
- Nippoptilia vitis
- Scientific Name
- Nippoptilia vitis
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Nippoptilia vitis
Nippoptilia vitis (grape plume moth) is a moth of the Pterophoridae family. It comes from Japan, Korea, Taiwan, China and Thailand.
The wingspan is about 11 millimetres (0.43 in) and the length of the forewings is 7–8 millimetres (0.28–0.31 in).
The larvae feed on Ampelopsis glandulosa, Cayratia japonica, Parthenocissus tricuspidata, Vitis thunbergii and Vitis vinifera. They feed on the flowers leaves of their host plants. When feeding on the leaf of Cayratia japonica, it eats a leaf from the under surface. The pupal period lasts for about a week.
...Nippoptilia vitis in languages:
- English
- Grape Plume Moth
- Japanese
- ブドウトリバ
- Korean
- 포도애털날개나방
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