Craniophora praeclara

Craniophora praeclara
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Noctuidae
Genus: Craniophora
Species: C. praeclara
Binomial name
Craniophora praeclara
(Graeser, 1890)
Synonyms
  • Acronycta praeclara Graeser, 1890

Craniophora praeclara is a moth of the Noctuidae family. Its distribution includes North Korea,[1] Japan (Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku and Kyushu),[2][3][4] China (Guizhou (including Fanjingshan), Heilongjiang, Jilin),[5] and the Russian Far East (Lower and Middle Amur, Primorye, Sakhalin, South Kuril Islands).[6][7]

The species is called ニッコウケンモン in Japanese,[4][8] 큰쥐똥나무저녁나방 (automated translation: wood pellets evening large moth)[9] in Korean,[2] and 锋首夜蛾 (automated translation: Feng first armyworm)[9] in China.[5]

Its wingspan is 38–45 mm.[4] They emerge as adults between June and September in Japan.[4]

Graeser's 1890 description described a complex mix of colorations and markings on the wings, a purplish grey head and thorax mixed with fuscous, and a whiteish abdomen "irrorated with fuscous and dorsally tinged with brown towards base, the crests blackish."[10]

References

  1. ↑ Kiss, Ádám; Gyulai, Peter (2013). "Two new species and one subspecies of Craniophora Snellen, 1867 (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae, Acronictinae) from China". ZooKeys. 353: 61–70. doi:10.3897/zookeys.353.5990. ISSN 1313-2970.
  2. 1 2 "Craniophora praeclara (큰쥐똥나무저녁나방)". 박규택교수의 곤충 데이터베이스 (Professor of insects bakgyutaek database) (in Korean). Biological Research Information Center, POSTECH (Pohang University of Science and Technology). 16 December 2013.
  3. ↑ "Taxonomy Browser – Craniophora praeclara (species)". Barcode of Life Data System. BOLD Systems. Retrieved 16 December 2013.
  4. 1 2 3 4 "Nikko Ken Mon Craniophora praeclara (Graeser, 1890)". An Identification Guide of Japanese Moths Compiled by Everyone (in Japanese). Retrieved 16 December 2013.
  5. 1 2 "锋首页蛾 (Feng first armyworm) Craniophora praeclara Graeser". Insects, mites, spiders specimen standardization (translated from Chinese) (in Chinese). Institute of Entomology, Guizhou University. Retrieved 16 December 2013.
  6. ↑ "Craniophora praeclara". Lepidoptera.ru: an illustrated catalog of the butterflies of the world (in Russian). Lepidoptera.ru. Retrieved 16 December 2013.
  7. ↑ Zolotarenko, G.S.; Dubatolov, V.V. "Acronictinae (Noctuidae) collection of Siberian Zoological Museum". Siberian Zoological Museum. Novosibirsk, Russia: Institute of Animal Systematics and Ecology, Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 16 December 2013.
  8. ↑ Toda, Masanori J. "Craniophora praeclara ニッコウケンモン". Taxonomic information database for world species of Drosophilidae. Hokkaido University. Retrieved 16 December 2013.
  9. 1 2 "Google Translate". Google, Inc. Retrieved 16 December 2013.
  10. ↑ Hampson, George F. (1909). Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalænæ in the British museum. VIII. London: British Museum. p. 59. Retrieved 16 December 2013.


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