Fuscoptilia emarginatus | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Pterophoridae |
Genus: | Fuscoptilia |
Species: | F. emarginatus
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Binomial name | |
Fuscoptilia emarginatus (Snellen, 1884)
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Fuscoptilia emarginatus is a moth of the family Pterophoridae. It is found in the Hokkaido, Honshu and Kyushu islands of Japan, the Kuril Islands, Korea, China and Amur. It is also known from Mongolia.[2]
The length of the forewings is 8–12 mm.
The larvae feed on Lespedeza bicolor and Lespedeza cuneata. The adult appears from May to September.