Horipsestis aenea is a moth in the family Drepanidae. It was described by Wileman in 1911.[3][failed verification] It is found in Taiwan, the Chinese provinces of Henan, Shaanxi, Gansu, Hubei, Jiangxi, Hunan, Fujian, Guangxi, Hainan, Sichuan and Yunnan and in Vietnam.

Horipsestis aenea
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Drepanidae
Subfamily: Thyatirinae
Genus: Horipsestis
Species:
H. aenea
Binomial name
Horipsestis aenea
(Wileman, 1911)
Synonyms
  • Polyploca aenea Wileman, 1911[1]
  • Horipsestis teikichiana Matsumura, 1933[2]
  • Spilobasis minor Sick, 1941

Subspecies

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  • Horipsestis aenea aenea (Taiwan)
  • Horipsestis aenea minor (Sick, 1941) (China: Henan, Shaanxi, Gansu, Hubei, Jiangxi, Hunan, Fujian, Guangxi, Hainan, Sichuan, Yunnan)
  • Horipsestis aenea roseobasalis Laszlo, G. Ronkay, L. Ronkay & Witt, 2007 (Vietnam)

References

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  1. ^ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "​Tethea aenea​". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved September 8, 2018.
  2. ^ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "​Horipsestis teikichiana​". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved September 8, 2018.
  3. ^ Beccaloni, George; et al., eds. (February 2005). "Scientific name search". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum, London.