Danielithosia hoenei

Danielithosia hoenei
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Arctiidae
Genus: Danielithosia
Species: D. hoenei
Binomial name
Danielithosia hoenei
Dubatolov, 2013

Danielithosia hoenei is a moth of the Arctiidae family. It is found in Cambodia, China (Hunan, Fujian), Thailand and Vietnam.[1]

The length of the forewings is 7–9 mm for males and 8–10.5 mm for females. The forewings are light buff or yellow in males and grey or yellow with a lighter costal margin in females. The hindwings are light yellow in males and whitish or yellowish in females.

Etymology

The species is dedicated to Dr. Hermann Höne (1883–1963), a German entomologist, who collected in China and Japan in 1910–1938.

References

  1. Dubatolov, V.V. 2013: A new species and new combinations of Danielithosia from eastern China and Indochina, with check-list of the genus (Lepidoptera: Arctiidae: Lithosiinae). Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 53 (1): 381-386. Full Article
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