Macrothyatira arizana is a moth in the family Drepanidae first described by Wileman in 1910.[1] It is found in Taiwan and the Chinese provinces of Sichuan and Yunnan.[2]

Macrothyatira arizana
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Drepanidae
Genus: Macrothyatira
Species:
M. arizana
Binomial name
Macrothyatira arizana
(Wileman, 1910)
Synonyms
  • Thyatira arizana Wileman, 1910
  • Thyatira diminuta Houlbert, 1921

Subspecies

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  • Macrothyatira arizana arizana (Taiwan)
  • Macrothyatira arizana diminuta (Houlbert, 1921) (China: Sichuan, 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). "​Macrothyatira flavimargo ssp. arizana​". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 26, 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.