Macrocilix mysticata

Macrocilix mysticata is a moth in the family Drepanidae first described by Francis Walker in 1863. It is found in India, Myanmar, Taiwan, Japan and China.^[1]

Macrocilix mysticata
Macrocilix mysticata watsoni
Macrocilix mysticata watsoni
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Drepanidae
Genus:	Macrocilix
Species:	M. mysticata
Binomial name
Macrocilix mysticata (Walker, [1863])
Synonyms
Argyris mysticata Walker, [1863] Macrocilix mysticata bidentata Bryk, 1943 Macrocilix myticata ab. flavotincta Wileman, 1915

The wingspan is 31–38 mm. Adults are on wing in March and August.^[2]

The larvae feed on the leaves of Castanopsis formosana and Pasania konishii.^[3]

Subspecies

• Macrocilix mysticata mysticata (northern India, Sikkim, Myanmar)
• Macrocilix mysticata brevinotata Watson, 1968 (China: Sichuan)
• Macrocilix mysticata campana H.F. Chu & L.Y. Wang, 1988 (China: Sichuan, Zhejiang, Jiangxi, Guangxi, Fujian)
• Macrocilix mysticata flavotincta Wileman, 1915 (Taiwan)
• Macrocilix mysticata watsoni Inoue, 1958 (Japan, China: Fujian, Zhejiang, Guangdong, Yunnan, Sichuan)