Parapsestis argenteopicta is a moth in the family Drepanidae. It was described by Oberthür in 1879. It is found in the Russian Far East, Korea, Japan, Taiwan, western, north-eastern, northern and central China and Nepal. The habitat consists of various types of mixed forests and oak woods.
The wingspan is 39âÂÂ47 mm.
The larvae feed on Quercus mongolica.
Subspecies
- Parapsestis argenteopicta argenteopicta (Russian Far East, Japan, Korea, China: Jilin, Henan, Shaanxi, Gansu, Zhejiang, Hubei, Jiangxi, Hunan, Sichuan, Yunnan)
- Parapsestis argenteopicta annamica <small>Laszlo, G.Ronkay, L.Ronkay & Witt, 2007</small> (Nepal)
- Parapsestis argenteopicta nepalina <small>Laszlo, G.Ronkay, L.Ronkay & Witt, 2007</small> (Nepal)
- Parapsestis argenteopicta taiwana <small>(Wileman, 1911)</small> (Taiwan)
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