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Tethea trifolium
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Drepanidae
Genus:	Tethea
Species:	T. trifolium
Binomial name
Tethea trifolium (Alphéraky, 1895)
Synonyms
Cymatophora trifolium Alphéraky, 1895 Saronaga japonica Okano, 1959

Tethea trifolium is a moth in the family Drepanidae. It is found in China (Heilongjiang, Jilin), the Russian Far East and Japan (Hokkaido, Honshu). The habitat consists of various types of mixed and broad-leaved forests.

The larvae feed on Malus mandshurica and Prunus avium.

References

1. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "​Tethea trifolium​". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 28, 2018.
2. Jiang, Nan; Yang, Chao; Xue, Dayong; Han, Hongxiang (March 2015). "An updated checklist of Thyatirinae (Lepidoptera, Drepanidae) from China, with descriptions of one new species". Zootaxa. 3941 (1): 1–48. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3941.1.1. PMID 25947492.
3. A review of the Thyatirin-moths (Lepidoptera, Drepanidae: Thyatirinae) of the Russian Far East

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