The reporter learned from the Leigong mountain nature reserve that a red leopard silkworm moth was found in the reserve a few days ago, which is a new species of the large silkworm moth family in the area.
Recently, the staff of Lei Gong Shan Nature Reserve found a large moth during routine patrols in the jurisdiction, and the picture was sent to Huang Guiqiang, an insect expert at the Institute of Entomology of the College of Plant Protection of Southwest University, to be identified as a red leopard silkworm moth. After consulting the relevant information of the reserve, the staff has no record of the moth, which is a new species of the great silkworm moth family in Leigongshan Nature Reserve.
Morphological characteristics: Loepaoberthür Leech, wingspan 100-140 mm. Yellow body, grey-brown on the anterior edge of the thorax, with black spots on both sides of the abdomen; The leading edge of the forewings is grayish brown, the inner and outer lines are brownish-black wavy, the sub-terminal line is blue wavy, not obvious near the leading edge, the darker the back, the apex is orange-yellow, there are white ripples inward, there are black transverse spots under the white lines that go directly to the midrib, and there is an orange-red area in front of the posterior edge; The forewings and hindwings have orange-yellow round spots at the midparticle ends, and a curved parallel black-and-white line in the middle.
It is understood that this species is mainly distributed in Fujian, Jiangxi, Henan, Hubei, Hunan, Guangdong, Hainan, Guangxi, Sichuan, Yunnan, Guizhou and Shaanxi. (According to Qiandongnan Information Port)