Charitoprepes apicipicta

Charitoprepes apicipicta is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by Hiroshi Inoue in 1963 in the genus Heterocnephes, and was later moved to its current genus.[2] The species is found in Japan (Honshu), China and Korea.[3][4]

Charitoprepes apicipicta
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Crambidae
Genus: Charitoprepes
Species:
C. apicipicta
Binomial name
Charitoprepes apicipicta
Inoue, 1963[1]

The wingspan is 21–24 mm. The ground colour of the forewings is dark brown with a large dark brown discoidal dot and a large dark brown apical dot. The ground colour of the hindwings is brown. Adults are flying from May to June and again from August to September in two generations in Japan.[4]

References
  1. Nuss, Matthias; Landry, Bernard; Mally, Richard; Vegliante, Francesca; Tränkner, Andreas; Bauer, Franziska; Hayden, James; Segerer, Andreas; Schouten, Rob; Li, Houhun; Trofimova, Tatiana; Solis, M. Alma; De Prins, Jurate; Speidel, Wolfgang (2003–2023). "Global Information System on Pyraloidea (GlobIZ)". Retrieved 2023-01-13.
  2. Mally, Richard; Hayden, James E.; Neinhuis, Christoph; Jordal, Bjarte H.; Nuss, Matthias (2019). "The phylogenetic systematics of Spilomelinae and Pyraustinae (Lepidoptera: Pyraloidea: Crambidae) inferred from DNA and morphology" (PDF). Arthropod Systematics & Phylogeny. 77 (1): 141–204. doi:10.26049/ASP77-1-2019-07. ISSN 1863-7221.
  3. Inoue, Hiroshi (1963). "Descriptions and records of some Pyralidae from Japan (VI) (Lepidoptera)". Kontyû. Entomological Society of Japan. 31: 107–112.
  4. Choi, Sei-Woong (2010). "First report of Heterocnephes apicipicta (Lepidoptera: Crambidae) in Korea" (PDF). Korean Journal of Systematic Zoology. 26 (2): 171–172. doi:10.5635/KJSZ.2010.26.2.171.


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