Arctioblepsis

Arctioblepsis is a monotypic genus of snout moths described by Cajetan Felder and Rudolf Felder in 1862. It contains the species Arctioblepsis rubida.[1] It is found in south-east Asia, including Hong Kong,[2] China, Taiwan, India and Nepal.[3]

Arctioblepsis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pyralidae
Subfamily: Pyralinae
Genus: Arctioblepsis
Felder & Felder, 1862[1]
Species:
A. rubida
Binomial name
Arctioblepsis rubida
Synonyms
  • Propachys nigrivena Walker, 1863

The wingspan is 36–44 mm. Adults are on wing from early April to early June and again from early July to mid August in Hong Kong.

The larvae have been recorded feeding on Machilus species, including Machilus breviflora and Machilus gamblei. They feed from a slight webbing. Pupation takes place in leaf litter and frass in a rather tough cocoon.[4]

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