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Antispila kunyuensis
Antispila kunyuensis is a moth of the family Heliozelidae. It is found in China (Shandong Peninsula).
From the article Antispila kunyuensis on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA), quoted section by section
Description
The wingspan is 1.7–2.1 mm. The forewings are dark fuscous with strong reddish reflection. Two pairs of opposite triangular silvery spots found on costa and dorsum. Costal spot of inner pair. cilia unicolorous. The hindwings are dark gray with dark cilia. Dorsal part of abdomen is dark gray, whereas ventral part is yellowish gray. Antennae dark fuscous, legs grey, and thorax dark fuscous. The larvae feed on Ampelopsis humulifolia. They mine the leaves of their host plant.
== References ==
In human culture
The specific name kunyuensis is due to type locality of the new species, Mount Kunyu.
Wikipedia: “Etymology”
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 1558932.