Arichanna gaschkevitchii
Appearance
Arichanna gaschkevitchii | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Geometridae |
Subfamily: | Ennominae |
Tribe: | Boarmiini |
Genus: | Arichanna |
Species: | A. gaschkevitchii
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Binomial name | |
Arichanna gaschkevitchii Motschulsky, 1860
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Arichanna gaschkevitchii (or hyoumonedashaku (ヒョウモンエダシャク) in Japanese) is a species of geometrid moth native to Japan and commonly found throughout the country. The adult's wingspan can reach a length of 40–50 millimetres (1.6–2.0 in).[1] This moth will store large amounts of grayanotoxins from the larval host plant in the body tissue to deter predators.[2] The species was first described by Victor Motschulsky in 1860.
References
[edit]- ^ (学研の図鑑)昆虫 (in Japanese). Tokyo, Japan: Gakken. 1986. p. 32. ISBN 4-05-102259-5.
- ^ Ruxton, Graeme D.; Sherratt, Thomas N.; Speed, Michael (2004). Avoiding attack: the evolutionary ecology of crypsis, warning signals, and mimicry. United States: Oxford University Press. p. 166. ISBN 0-19-852859-0.