Fuscoptilia emarginatus explained

Fuscoptilia emarginatus is a moth of the family Pterophoridae. It is found in the Hokkaido, Honshu and Kyushu islands of Japan, the Kuril Islands, Korea, China and Amur. It is also known from Mongolia.^[1]

The length of the forewings is 8–12 mm.

The larvae feed on Lespedeza bicolor and Lespedeza cuneata. The adult appears from May to September.

External links

• Taxonomic And Biological Studies Of Pterophoridae Of Japan (Lepidoptera)
• Japanese Moths

Notes and References

1. Fazekas . Imre . Federmotten aus der Mongolei, Russland, der Türkei, der Balkanhalbinsel und Afrika, mit Beschreibung neuer Arten (Microlepidoptera: Pterophoridae) . Five new species, distribution records of plume moths from Mongolia, Russia, Turkey, Balkans and the Africa (Microlepidoptera: Pterophoridae) . Folia comloensis . 2003 . 12 . 5–24 . de .