''Oroplema plagifera'' is a
moth of the family
Uraniidae first described by
Arthur Gardiner Butler in 1881. It is found on the
Korean Peninsula and in
Japan
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(Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu, Yakushima Island), eastern
China
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,
Russia (Sakhalin),
Taiwan and northern
India.
A Taxonomic Revision of the Korean Epipleminae (Lepidoptera: Uraniidae), with Phylogenetic Comments on the Involved Genera
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The wingspan is 15–18 mm for males and 17–21 mm for females. The forewings are white, sparsely suffused with grayish scales. The hindwings are white. They resemble bird droppings. There are two generations per year in Korea. Adults have a resting posture in which the forewings are rolled up and extended horizontally and the hindwings are folded along the sides of the abdomen.
The larvae feed on '' Viburnum dilatatum'' and ''Viburnum furcatum
''Viburnum furcatum'', the forked viburnum or scarlet leaved viburnum, is a species of flowering plant in the family Adoxaceae (formerly Caprifoliaceae). Growing to tall and broad, it is a substantial deciduous shrub with rounded oval bronz ...
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References
Moths described in 1881
Uraniidae
Moths of Japan
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