Pseudoscaptia rothschildi

Pseudoscaptia rothschildi
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Arctiidae
Genus: Pseudoscaptia
Species: P. rothschildi
Binomial name
Pseudoscaptia rothschildi
(Draudt, 1912)
Synonyms
  • Scaptesyle rothschildi Draudt, 1912
  • Scaptesyle bicolor Rothschild, 1912 (non Walker, [1865])

Pseudoscaptia rothschildi is a moth of the Arctiidae family. It is found in the north-eastern Himalayas, Vietnam, Thailand, as well as on Malacca, Sumatra, Java and Borneo.[1] The habitat consists of lowland forests, including secondary forests.[2]

References

  1. Dubatolov, V.V. 2012: New genus, species and faunistic records of lichen-moths (Lepidoptera, Arctiidae: Lithosiinae) from Vietnam. Evraziatskii entomologicheskii zhurnal, 11(6): 507-512, colour plate III.
  2. The Moths of Borneo
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