Agnidra scabiosa
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Drepanidae |
| Genus: | Agnidra |
| Species: | A. scabiosa
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| Binomial name | |
| Agnidra scabiosa (Butler, 1877)
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Agnidra scabiosa is a moth in the family Drepanidae. It was described by Arthur Gardiner Butler in 1877.[1] It is found in south-eastern Russia, Korea, Japan and China.[2]
The wingspan is 14-17.5 mm for males and 17.5–20 mm for females. Adults are similar to Agnidra fuscilinea, but have a distinctive colour pattern of the wings.[3]
The larvae feed on Quercus and Castanea species.
Subspecies
[edit]- Agnidra scabiosa scabiosa (Japan, south-eastern Russia)
- Agnidra scabiosa fixseni (Bryk, 1949) (Korea, China: Manchuria, Zhejing, Hunan, Hubei, Jiangsu)
References
[edit]- ^ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Agnidra scabiosa". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved 10 July 2018.
- ^ Agnidra at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
- ^ Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) (Entomology) Suppl. 12
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