Parapsestis argenteopicta

Parapsestis argenteopicta is a moth in the family Drepanidae. It was described by Oberthür in 1879.[1] It is found in the Russian Far East, Korea, Japan, Taiwan, western, north-eastern, northern and central China and Nepal. The habitat consists of various types of mixed forests and oak woods.

Parapsestis argenteopicta
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Drepanidae
Genus:
Parapsestis
Species:
P. argenteopicta
Binomial name
Parapsestis argenteopicta
(Oberthür, 1879)
Synonyms
  • Cymatophora argenteopicta Oberthür, 1879
  • Cymatophora plumbea Butler, 1879
  • Palimpsestis latipennis Matsumura, 1909
  • Palimpsestis suzukii Matsumura, 1921
  • Parapsestis albomarginalis Matsumura, 1927
  • Palimpsestes taiwana Wileman, 1911
  • Parapsestis baibarana Matsumura, 1931

The wingspan is 39–47 mm.[2]

The larvae feed on Quercus mongolica.[3]

Subspecies
  • Parapsestis argenteopicta argenteopicta (Russian Far East, Japan, Korea, China: Jilin, Henan, Shaanxi, Gansu, Zhejiang, Hubei, Jiangxi, Hunan, Sichuan, Yunnan)
  • Parapsestis argenteopicta annamica Laszlo, G.Ronkay, L.Ronkay & Witt, 2007 (Nepal)
  • Parapsestis argenteopicta nepalina Laszlo, G.Ronkay, L.Ronkay & Witt, 2007 (Nepal)
  • Parapsestis argenteopicta taiwana (Wileman, 1911) (Taiwan)

References
  1. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Parapsestis argenteopicta". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 27, 2018.
  2. Japanese Moths
  3. A review of the Thyatirin-moths (Lepidoptera, Drepanidae: Thyatirinae) of the Russian Far East


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