Phalera flavescens (Bremer & Grey, 1853) is a animal in the Notodontidae family, order Lepidoptera, kingdom Animalia. Not known to be toxic.

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Phalera flavescens (Bremer & Grey, 1853)

Phalera flavescens (Bremer & Grey, 1853)

Phalera flavescens is a nocturnal Notodontidae moth found in East Asia, with known size differences between sexes and predation by a diurnal ant.

Family
Genus
Phalera
Order
Lepidoptera
Class
Insecta

About Phalera flavescens (Bremer & Grey, 1853)

Phalera flavescens is a nocturnal moth species belonging to the family Notodontidae. This species is distributed in Taiwan, China, Japan, and Korea. The wingspan of male Phalera flavescens ranges from 45 to 54 mm, while the wingspan of females ranges from 55 to 59 mm. In its ecology, Phalera flavescens is known to be preyed on by Formica japonica, a species of diurnal ant.

Photo: (c) Shipher (士緯) Wu (吳), some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA) · cc-by-nc-sa

Taxonomy

Animalia Arthropoda Insecta Lepidoptera Notodontidae Phalera

More from Notodontidae

Sources: GBIF, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, NCBI Taxonomy · Disclaimer

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