Microblepsis violacea is a moth in the family Drepanidae first described by Arthur Gardiner Butler in 1889. It is found in north-western and north-eastern India, Taiwan and China (Sichuan, Yunnan, Guangdong, Zhejiang, Fujian).[2]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Drepanidae |
| Genus: | Microblepsis |
| Species: | M. violacea
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| Microblepsis violacea | |
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The wingspan is 25–36 mm.:[3] the males of the antennae are double-toothed, and the females are filamentous; the overall color is quite uniform in gray-purple color, the top of the head, the front edge of the fore wing, the outer edge and the outer edge of the hind wing are orange-brown; The 1/4 segment of the apex angle is obviously curved outward, the tip of the apex is sharp, the outer edge is slightly inward at 1/5 of the apex angle, and the middle section of the posterior and posterior wing of the fore wing has a brown line, respectively. The former is slightly curved.[4]
The larvae feed on the leaves of Castanopsis formosana. The mature larvae spin silk and are fixed at the tip or base of the leaf where pupation takes place.[5]
References edit
- ^ "Menophra nakajimai Sato, 1984". TaiBNET - Catalogue of Life of Taiwan. Retrieved August 13, 2018.
- ^ Savela, Markku. "Microblepsis violacea (Butler, 1889)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved August 13, 2018.
- ^ "gaga.biodiv.tw". gaga.biodiv.tw. 2009-07-28. Retrieved 2011-12-19.
- ^ "灰褐鉤蛾 Species Microblepsis violacea (Bulter, 1889) | 臺灣生命大百科". 臺灣生命大百科 (in Chinese (Taiwan)). Retrieved 2019-03-13.
- ^ "Larval Morphology and Host Plants of Drepanidea (Lepidoptera: Drepanidae) in Southern Taiwan" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-04-25. Retrieved 2011-12-19.
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