Oroplema Oyamana
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''Oroplema oyamana'' is a species of moth of the family Uraniidae. It is found in Korea (Jeju Island),
Japan Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan, while extending from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north ...
(Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu, Yakushima Island), Taiwan, northern India, Nepal, Borneo and the Philippines (Luzon).A Taxonomic Revision of the Korean Epipleminae (Lepidoptera: Uraniidae), with Phylogenetic Comments on the Involved Genera
/ref> The wingspan is 25–28 mm. The forewings are grayish brown with white hairs along to the posterior margin. The hindwings are grayish brown. The larvae feed on '' Daphniphyllum himalaense'' and possibly '' Daphniphyllum teysmanni'' and '' Daphniphyllum macropodum''.


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Moths described in 1866 Uraniidae Moths of Japan {{Geometroidea-stub