Charitoprepes apicipicta

Charitoprepes apicipicta
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Crambidae
Genus: Charitoprepes
Species:
C. apicipicta
Binomial name
Charitoprepes apicipicta
Inoue, 1963[1]

Charitoprepes apicipicta is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by Hiroshi Inoue in 1963 in the genus Heterocnephes, and was later moved to its current genus.[2] The species is found in Japan (Honshu), China and Korea.[3][4]

The wingspan is 21–24 mm. Adults are flying from May to June and again from August to September in two generations in Japan.[4]

  1. ^ Nuss, Matthias; Landry, Bernard; Mally, Richard; Vegliante, Francesca; Tränkner, Andreas; Bauer, Franziska; Hayden, James; Segerer, Andreas; Schouten, Rob; Li, Houhun; Trofimova, Tatiana; Solis, M. Alma; De Prins, Jurate; Speidel, Wolfgang (2003–2023). "Global Information System on Pyraloidea (GlobIZ)". Retrieved 2023-01-13.
  2. ^ Mally, Richard; Hayden, James E.; Neinhuis, Christoph; Jordal, Bjarte H.; Nuss, Matthias (2019). "The phylogenetic systematics of Spilomelinae and Pyraustinae (Lepidoptera: Pyraloidea: Crambidae) inferred from DNA and morphology" (PDF). Arthropod Systematics & Phylogeny. 77 (1): 141–204. doi:10.26049/ASP77-1-2019-07. ISSN 1863-7221.
  3. ^ Inoue, Hiroshi (1963). "Descriptions and records of some Pyralidae from Japan (VI) (Lepidoptera)". Kontyû. Entomological Society of Japan. 31: 107–112.
  4. ^ a b Choi, Sei-Woong (2010). "First report of Heterocnephes apicipicta (Lepidoptera: Crambidae) in Korea" (PDF). Korean Journal of Systematic Zoology. 26 (2): 171–172. doi:10.5635/KJSZ.2010.26.2.171.