Oroplema plagifera: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Insecta
- Order
- Lepidoptera
- Family
- Uraniidae
- Genus
- Oroplema
- Species
- Oroplema plagifera
- Scientific Name
- Oroplema plagifera
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Oroplema plagifera
Oroplema plagifera is a moth of the family Uraniidae first described by Arthur Gardiner Butler in 1881. It is found on the Korean Peninsula and in Japan (Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu, Yakushima Island), eastern China, Russia (Sakhalin), Taiwan and northern India.
The wingspan is 15–18 mm for males and 17–21 mm for females.They resemble bird droppings. There are two generations per year in Korea.
The larvae feed on Viburnum dilatatum and Viburnum furcatum.
...Oroplema plagifera in languages:
- Chinese
- 黑斑雙尾蛾
- Chinese
- 大斑雙尾蛾
- Japanese
- クロオビシロフタオ
- Korean
- 검은띠쌍꼬리나방
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