Mustilia fusca

Mustilia fusca
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Endromidae
Genus:	Mustilia
Species:	M. fusca
Binomial name
Mustilia fusca Kishida, 1993
Synonyms
Smerkata fusca Kishida, 1993

Mustilia fusca is a species of moth in the family Endromidae first described by Yasunori Kishida in 1993. It is found in Taiwan.[1][2]

The larvae feed on the leaves of Trochodendron aralioides. They reach a length of 45 mm when full grown.[3][4]

References

1. Wu, Shipher (June 6, 2017). "Smerkata fusca (Kishida, 1993) 赭樺蛾(赭蠶蛾)". Catalogue of Life in Taiwan (in Chinese). Biodiversity Research Center, Academia Sinica. Retrieved November 8, 2019.
2. Kishida, Yasunori (1993). "A new species of Mustilia Walker (Bombycidae) from Taiwan". Japan Heterocerists』 J. 173: 407–408.
3. Immature Stages of Four Bombycidae Species of Taiwan Archived 2012-05-12 at the Wayback Machine
4. Shipher, Wu; Fu, Chien-Ming; Shih, Li-Chen; Lin, Hsu-Hong (2013). Endromidae. Moths of Hehuanshan. Nantou: Endemic Species Research Institute. pp. 242–245, pl. 19: 10–15, 20: 1–3, 21: 12, 13.