Manulea fuscodorsalis

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Manulea fuscodorsalis
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Subfamily: Arctiinae
Genus: Manulea
Species:
M. fuscodorsalis
Binomial name
Manulea fuscodorsalis
(Matsumura, 1930)[1]
Synonyms
  • Lithosia fuscodorsalis Matsumura, 1930
  • Lithosia yokohamae Daniel, 1954
  • Eilema fuscodorsalis

Manulea fuscodorsalis is a moth of the family Erebidae. It is found in Taiwan and Japan.[2]

The wingspan is about 30 mm. The wings are greyish white, with a yellowish tinge. The forewings with a silky lustre, at the extreme base of the costa narrowly fuscous. The hindwings are opaque, and paler than the forewings, at the costa broadly ashy grey.[3]

References[]

  1. ^ Dubatolov, V. V. & Zolotuhin, V. V. (2011). "Does Eilema Hübner, [1819] (Lepidoptera, Arctiidae, Lithosiinae) present one or several genera?" (PDF). Euroasian Entomological Journal. 10 (3): 367–379, 380, VII.
  2. ^ Japanese Moths
  3. ^ Matsumura, S., 1930: New species and forms of Arctiidae from Japan. Insecta Matsumurana, 5 (1-2): 31-40. Full article: [1] Archived 2013-11-11 at the Wayback Machine.


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