Agnidra scabiosa

Agnidra scabiosa is a moth in the family Drepanidae. It was described by Arthur Gardiner Butler in 1877.[1] It is found in south-eastern Russia, Korea, Japan and China.[2]

Agnidra scabiosa
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Drepanidae
Genus: Agnidra
Species:
A. scabiosa
Binomial name
Agnidra scabiosa
(Butler, 1877)
Synonyms
  • Drepana scabiosa Butler, 1877
  • Albara scabiosa
  • Zanclalbara scabiosa
  • Albara scabiosa fixseni Bryk, 1949

The wingspan is 14-17.5 mm for males and 17.5–20 mm for females. Adults are similar to Agnidra fuscilinea, but have a distinctive colour pattern of the wings.[3]

The larvae feed on Quercus and Castanea species.

Subspecies
  • Agnidra scabiosa scabiosa (Japan, south-eastern Russia)
  • Agnidra scabiosa fixseni (Bryk, 1949) (Korea, China: Manchuria, Chekian, Hunan, Hupeh, Kiangsu)

References
  1. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Agnidra scabiosa​". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved 10 July 2018.
  2. Agnidra at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  3. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) (Entomology) Suppl. 12


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