Oberthueria caeca

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Oberthueria caeca is a moth in the Endromidae family. It was described by Oberthür in 1880.[1] It is found in China[2] (Heilongjiang, Jilin, Shaanxi, Henan), Korea[3] and the Russian Far East. The habitat consists of lowland broad-leaved humid forests.

Oberthueria caeca
O. caeca from Uldura Mts, Birofeld, Russia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Endromidae
Genus: Oberthueria
Species:
O. caeca
Binomial name
Oberthueria caeca
(Oberthür, 1880)
Synonyms
  • Euphranor caeca Oberthür, 1880

The wingspan is 38–45 mm. Adults are on wing from May to June and again from July to August in two generations per year.[4]

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References

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  1. ^ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "​Oberthueria caeca​". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 27, 2018.
  2. ^ BOLD Systems
  3. ^ Korean Red List
  4. ^ Zolotuhin, V.V. & Xing Wang, 2013: A taxonomic review of Oberthueria Kirby, 1892 (Lepidoptera, Bombycidae: Oberthuerinae) with description of three new species. zootaxa 2013 3693 (4) 465–478.