Parachrostia kishidai
Appearance
Parachrostia kishidai | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
Family: | Erebidae |
Genus: | Parachrostia |
Species: | P. kishidai
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Binomial name | |
Parachrostia kishidai Fibiger, 2008
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Parachrostia kishidai is a moth of the family Erebidae first described by Michael Fibiger in 2008. It is known from Amami Ōshima, an island southwest of Japan.
Adults have been found in August and October, but probably occur in several generations.
The wingspan is 11-12.5 mm.
References
[edit]- Fibiger, Michael (2008). "Revision of the Micronoctuidae (Lepidoptera: Noctuoidea). Part 2, Taxonomy of the Belluliinae, Magninae and Parachrostiinae" (PDF). Zootaxa. 1867: 1–136.