Macrothyatira flavida explained

Macrothyatira flavida is a moth in the family Drepanidae first described by Arthur Gardiner Butler in 1885. It is found in the Russian Far East (southern Sakhalin, southern Kuriles),^[1] Taiwan, Japan and China (Henan, Shaanxi, Ningxia, Gansu, Zhejiang, Hubei, Hunan, Fujian, Sichuan, Yunnan).^[2]

The wingspan is 37mm44mm.^[3] Adults are similar to Macrothyatira stramineata, but considerably smaller and much duller, the hindwings suffused with dull brownish grey.^[4]

Subspecies

• Macrothyatira flavida flavida (Taiwan, Japan, south-eastern Russia)
• Macrothyatira flavida tapaischana (Sick, 1941) (China: Henan, Shaanxi, Ningxia, Gansu, Zhejiang, Hubei, Hunan, Fujian, Sichuan, Yunnan)

Notes and References

1. http://www.biosoil.ru/fee/2007/N-168/N-168.pdf A review of the Thyatirin-moths (Lepidoptera, Drepanidae: Thyatirinae) of the Russian Far East
2. Jiang . Nan . Yang . Chao . Xue . Dayong . Han . Hongxiang . March 2015 . An updated checklist of Thyatirinae (Lepidoptera, Drepanidae) from China, with descriptions of one new species . Zootaxa . 3941 . 1 . 1–48 . 10.11646/zootaxa.3941.1.1 . 25947492.
3. Web site: 離斑波紋蛾 Macrothyatira flavida (Butler,1885) . zh:驚奇山行 . Surprise mountain line . June 13, 2010 . September 8, 2018.
4. Seitz, Adalbert (1913) The Macrolepidoptera of the World: A Systematic Description of the Hitherto Known Macrolepidoptera. Archived from the original March 4, 2016.