Danielithosia hoenei

Danielithosia hoenei is a moth of the family Erebidae. It is found in Cambodia, China (Hunan, Fujian), Thailand and Vietnam.[1]

Danielithosia hoenei
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Subfamily: Arctiinae
Genus: Danielithosia
Species:
D. hoenei
Binomial name
Danielithosia hoenei
Dubatolov, 2013

The length of the forewings is 7–9 mm for males and 8–10.5 mm for females. The forewings are light buff or yellow in males and grey or yellow with a lighter costal margin in females. The hindwings are light yellow in males and whitish or yellowish in females.

Etymology

The species is dedicated to Dr. Hermann Höne (1883–1963), a German entomologist, who collected in China and Japan in 1910–1938.

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References
  1. Dubatolov, V.V. 2013: A new species and new combinations of Danielithosia from eastern China and Indochina, with check-list of the genus (Lepidoptera: Arctiidae: Lithosiinae). Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 53 (1): 381-386. Full Article


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