Oroplema plagifera is a moth of the family Uraniidae first described by Arthur Gardiner Butler in 1881. It is found on the Korean Peninsula and in Japan (Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu, Yakushima Island), eastern China, Russia (Sakhalin), Taiwan and northern India.[1]

Oroplema plagifera
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Uraniidae
Genus: Oroplema
Species:
O. plagifera
Binomial name
Oroplema plagifera
(Butler, 1881)
Synonyms
  • Eriosia plagifera Butler 1881
  • Epiplema plagifera
  • Orplema plagifera
  • Epiplema plagiata
  • Eversmannia plagifera
  • Epiplema sponsa Swinhoe, 1895

The wingspan is 15–18 mm for males and 17–21 mm for females.They resemble bird droppings. There are two generations per year in Korea.

The larvae feed on Viburnum dilatatum and Viburnum furcatum.

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