Oberthueria jiatongae
Oberthueria jiatongae is a moth in the Endromidae family. It is found in China (Shaanxi, Jiangxi, Hubei, Sichuan, Hunan, Guangdong, Hainan).
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| Oberthueria jiatongae Zolotuhin & Xing Wang, 2013 | |
Adults have a sandy yellow ground colour, with white or ash grey suffusion. The wing pattern is dark grey and the submarginal field of the forewings is covered with dark yellow-brown to chestnut scales. These scales are brighter dark yellow to ochre-yellow on the hindwings. Adults are on wing from late April to early September in one or two generations per year.[1]
References
- 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.
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