Agnidra scabiosa explained

Agnidra scabiosa is a moth in the family Drepanidae. It was described by Arthur Gardiner Butler in 1877. It is found in south-eastern Russia, Korea, Japan and China.^[1]

The wingspan is 14-17.5 mm for males and 17.5–20 mm for females. Adults are similar to Agnidra fuscilinea, but have a distinctive colour pattern of the wings.^[2]

The larvae feed on Quercus and Castanea species.

Subspecies

• Agnidra scabiosa scabiosa (Japan, south-eastern Russia)
• Agnidra scabiosa fixseni (Bryk, 1949) (Korea, China: Manchuria, Zhejing, Hunan, Hubei, Jiangsu)

Notes and References

1. http://ftp.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/drepanoidea/drepanidae/drepaninae/agnidra/ Agnidra
2. https://archive.org/stream/bulletinofbritis1213brit#page/n36/mode/1up Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) (Entomology) Suppl. 12