Mimachrostia fasciata is a moth of the family Erebidae first described by Shigero Sugi in 1982.[1] It is known from North Korea, South Korea, the Japanese islands Hokkaido and Honshu and Tsushima, the Russian Far East and China. The habitat consists of rich broadleaved forests.
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Erebidae |
| Genus: | Mimachrostia |
| Species: | M. fasciata
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| Binomial name | |
| Mimachrostia fasciata Sugi, 1982
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Adults have been found from May to September. There are probably several generations per year.
Description
editThe wingspan is 13–15 mm for ssp. M. f. fasciata and 10–12 mm for ssp. M. f. minimus.
Subspecies
edit- Mimachrostia fasciata fasciata
- Mimachrostia fasciata minimus Fibiger, 2010 (Tsushima)
References
edit- ^ "Mimachrostia fasciata Sugi, 1982". Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved March 18, 2020.
- Fibiger, Michael (2008). "Revision of the Micronoctuidae (Lepidoptera: Noctuoidea). Part 2, Taxonomy of the Belluliinae, Magninae and Parachrostiinae" (PDF). Zootaxa. 1867: 1–136.