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Paralebeda femorata

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Paralebeda femorata
Paralebeda femorata mirabilis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lasiocampidae
Genus: Paralebeda
Species:
P. femorata
Binomial name
Paralebeda femorata
(Ménétriés, 1858)
Synonyms
  • Lasiocampa femorata Ménétriés, 1858

Paralebeda femorata is a moth of the family Lasiocampidae. It is found from the Russian Far East, eastern Mongolia, Korea and north-eastern China over eastern and central China and Taiwan to Bhutan, Nepal, northern India, Pakistan and northern Vietnam.[1]

The wingspan is 90–115 mm.

The larvae have been recorded feeding on Pithecellobium dulce, Quercus dentata and Quercus acutissima.

Subspecies

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  • Paralebeda femorata femorata (Russian Far East)
  • Paralebeda femorata karmata Zolotuhin, 1996 (Pakistan)
  • Paralebeda femorata mirabilis Zolotuhin, 1996 (Taiwan)
  • Paralebeda femorata titanica Zolotuhin & Witt, 2000 (Vietnam)

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