Mesoptila melanolopha

Eupithecia melanolopha
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Geometridae
Genus: Mesoptila
Species: M. melanolopha
Binomial name
Mesoptila melanolopha
(Swinhoe, 1895)[1][2][3]
Synonyms
  • Eupithecia melanolopha Swinhoe, 1895
  • Tephroclystia melanolopha
  • Eupithecia owadai Vojnits, 1988

Mesoptila melanolopha is a moth in the family Geometridae. It is found in Nepal, China (Shaanxi, Jiangsu, Hunan), Korea, Japan, Taiwan, India (Sikkim, Meghalaya), Sri Lanka, Thailand, Vietnam, Malaysia and on Java, Bali and Borneo.[4]

The wingspan is 16–21 mm.[5]

The larvae have been recorded feeding Stephania species.[6]

References

  1. ↑ TaiBNET - Catalogue of Life of Taiwan
  2. ↑ Taxapad
  3. ↑ Mironov, V.G. & A.C. Galsworthy, 2012: A generic level review of Eupithecia Curtis and some closely related genera based on the Palaearctic, Nearctic and Oriental fauna (Lepidoptera, Geometridae, Larentiinae). Zootaxa 3587: 46-64. Abstract: .
  4. ↑ Mironov, V.G. ; A.C. Galsworthy & K. Yazaki, 2009: A survey of the genus Eupithecia (Lepidoptera, Geometridae) in mainland South East Asia: Part II. Transactions of the Lepidopterological Society of Japan 60(3): 167-188. Abstract:
  5. ↑ gaga.biodiv.tw
  6. ↑ The Moths of Borneo
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