Parapsestis tomponis is a moth in the family Drepanidae. It was described by Shōnen Matsumura in 1933.[1] It is found in Taiwan, Vietnam and the Chinese provinces of Henan, Shaanxi, Gansu, Hubei, Hunan, Fujian, Sichuan, Guizhou and Yunnan.[2]

Parapsestis tomponis
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Drepanidae
Genus: Parapsestis
Species:
P. tomponis
Binomial name
Parapsestis tomponis
(Matsumura, 1933)
Synonyms
  • Baipsestis tomponis Matsumura, 1933
  • Palimpsestes taiwana ab. obsoleta Wileman, 1911

Subspecies

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  • Parapsestis tomponis tomponis (Taiwan)
  • Parapsestis tomponis almasderes Laszlo, G. Ronkay, L. Ronkay & Witt, 2007 (Vietnam, China: Henan, Shaanxi, Gansu, Hubei, Hunan, Fujian, Sichuan, Guizhou, Yunnan)

References

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  1. ^ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "​Parapsestis tomponis​". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 27, 2018.
  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.