Acropentias aureus

Acropentias aureus is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by Arthur Gardiner Butler in 1878.[1] It is found in Japan,[2] China (Heilongjiang, Zhejiang, Fujian, Hainan, Guangxi, Yunnan),[3] Taiwan and the Russian Far East.

Acropentias aureus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Crambidae
Genus: Acropentias
Species:
A. aureus
Binomial name
Acropentias aureus
(Butler, 1878)
Synonyms
  • Micraeschus aureus Butler, 1878
  • Sparagmia obtusalis Christoph, 1881
  • Marimatha straminea Butler

The length of the forewings is 7–10 mm.[4]

References
  1. Nuss, M.; et al. (2003–2014). "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved 2014-07-15.
  2. Savela, Markku. "Acropentias aureus (Butler, 1878)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved March 2, 2018.
  3. Chen, Fu-Qiang; Wu, Chun-Sheng (April 2014). "Taxonomic review of the subfamily Schoenobiinae (Lepidoptera: Pyraloidea: Crambidae) from China". Zoological Systematics. 39 (2): 163–208. doi:10.11865/zs20140201. Archived from the original on July 2, 2014.
  4. Japanese Moths


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