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The sun moth: A beautiful new species Stenoloba solaris from China 20 June 2013 This image shows the newly discovered Stenoloba solaris. Credit: Oleg Pekarsky This image shows the habitat of the new species in China. Credit: Oleg Pekarsky Scientist describe a new striking species of moth from China with an engaging wing pattern. The new species Stenoloba solaris has its name Several of the species from the family have inspired by the orange circular patch on its wings economic importance with their larva living in the that resembles the rising sun. The study was soil and feeding on the bases of some crops such published in the open access journal Zookeys. as lettuce and cabbage. Other species have caterpillars which have the extraordinary ability to "During a spring expedition to north-west Yunnan, feed on some poisonous plants, the chemicals a striking specimen of an undescribed Stenoloba contained in which would definitely kill other was collected.", explain the authors Drs Pekarsky insects. and Saldaitis. "Only a single male was caught at ultraviolet light on 24 May 2012 near Zhongdian in More information: Pekarsky O, Saldaitis A northwest China's Yunnan province in the remote (2013) A new species of Stenoloba Staudinger, Baima Xue mountain range. The new species was 1892 from China (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae, collected in a wide river valley near mountain Bryophilinae). ZooKeys 310: 1, doi: mixed forests dominated by various conifer trees, 10.3897/zookeys.310.5125 bushes and rhododendron." The newly described sun moth belongs to the family Noctuidae, also known as owlet moths, Provided by Pensoft Publishers which refers to their robustly built bodies. With more than 35,000 known species out of estimated possibility for more than 100,000 in total total, they constitute the largest Lepidoptera family. 1 / 2 APA citation: The sun moth: A beautiful new species Stenoloba solaris from China (2013, June 20) retrieved 28 September 2021 from https://phys.org/news/2013-06-sun-moth-beautiful-species- stenoloba.html This document is subject to copyright. Apart from any fair dealing for the purpose of private study or research, no part may be reproduced without the written permission. The content is provided for information purposes only. 2 / 2 Powered by TCPDF (www.tcpdf.org).

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