''Risoba diversipennis'' is a

species In biology, a species is the basic unit of classification and a taxonomic rank of an organism, as well as a unit of biodiversity. A species is often defined as the largest group of organisms in which any two individuals of the appropriate s ...

of tuft moth native to the

Himalayas The Himalayas, or Himalaya (; ; ), is a mountain range in Asia, separating the plains of the Indian subcontinent from the Tibetan Plateau. The range has some of the planet's highest peaks, including the very highest, Mount Everest. Over 100 ...

Indochina Mainland Southeast Asia, also known as the Indochinese Peninsula or Indochina, is the continental portion of Southeast Asia. It lies east of the Indian subcontinent and south of Mainland China and is bordered by the Indian Ocean to the west an ...

and to

Papua New Guinea Papua New Guinea (abbreviated PNG; , ; tpi, Papua Niugini; ho, Papua Niu Gini), officially the Independent State of Papua New Guinea ( tpi, Independen Stet bilong Papua Niugini; ho, Independen Stet bilong Papua Niu Gini), is a country i ...

. It was described by Francis Walker in 1858. Recorded host plants are

Melastoma ''Melastoma'' is a genus in the family Melastomataceae. It has over 100 species distributed around Southeast Asia, India, north to Japan, south to Australia and the Pacific Islands. The number of species should probably be reduced according to s ...

Gallery

File:In apolysis.jpg, Apolysis File:Penultimate instar.jpg, Penultimate instar File:Last instar.jpg, Last instar, maybe mimicking the branches of the host plant (

) File:Pupa of R. diversipennis.jpg, Pupa File:Risoba diversipennis pupa.jpg, Pupa, near eclosion File:R. diversipennis tufts.jpg, Tufts of the adult ''Risoba diversipennis''

References

Moths of Asia Nolidae Moths described in 1858 {{Nolidae-stub