Nippoptilia vitis
Species of plume moth
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Nippoptilia vitis (grape plume moth) is a moth of the Pterophoridae family. It comes from Japan, Korea, Taiwan, China and Thailand.
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Pterophoridae |
| Genus: | Nippoptilia |
| Species: | N. vitis |
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| Nippoptilia vitis (Sasaki, 1913) | |
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The wingspan is about 11 millimetres (0.43 in)[1] and the length of the forewings is 7–8 millimetres (0.28–0.31 in).
The larvae feed on Ampelopsis glandulosa, Cayratia japonica, Parthenocissus tricuspidata, Vitis thunbergii and Vitis vinifera. They feed on the flowers leaves of their host plants. When feeding on the leaf of Cayratia japonica, it eats a leaf from the under surface. The pupal period lasts for about a week.
