Horipsestis mushana is a moth in the family Drepanidae.[1][failed verification] It is found in the Chinese provinces of Shaanxi, Hubei, Hunan, Fujian and Sichuan and in Japan, Taiwan[2] and Vietnam.

Horipsestis mushana
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Drepanidae
Subfamily: Thyatirinae
Genus: Horipsestis
Species:
H. mushana
Binomial name
Horipsestis mushana
(Matsumura, 1931)
Synonyms
  • Palimpsestis mushana Matsumura, 1931

Subspecies

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  • Horipsestis mushana mushana (Taiwan)
  • Horipsestis mushana schintlemeisteri Laszlo, G. Ronkay, L. Ronkay & Witt, 2007 (Vietnam)

References

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  1. ^ Beccaloni, George; et al., eds. (February 2005). "Scientific name search". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum, London.
  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. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3941.1.1. PMID 25947492.