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Parapsestis argenteopicta is a moth in the family Drepanidae. It was described by Oberthür in 1879.[1] 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.

Parapsestis argenteopicta
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Drepanidae
Genus:	Parapsestis
Species:	P. argenteopicta
Binomial name
Parapsestis argenteopicta (Oberthür, 1879)
Synonyms
Cymatophora argenteopicta Oberthür, 1879 Cymatophora plumbea Butler, 1879 Palimpsestis latipennis Matsumura, 1909 Palimpsestis suzukii Matsumura, 1921 Parapsestis albomarginalis Matsumura, 1927 Palimpsestes taiwana Wileman, 1911 Parapsestis baibarana Matsumura, 1931

The wingspan is 39–47 mm.[2]

The larvae feed on Quercus mongolica.[3]

Subspecies

• Parapsestis argenteopicta argenteopicta (Russian Far East, Japan, Korea, China: Jilin, Henan, Shaanxi, Gansu, Zhejiang, Hubei, Jiangxi, Hunan, Sichuan, Yunnan)
• Parapsestis argenteopicta annamica Laszlo, G.Ronkay, L.Ronkay & Witt, 2007 (Nepal)
• Parapsestis argenteopicta nepalina Laszlo, G.Ronkay, L.Ronkay & Witt, 2007 (Nepal)
• Parapsestis argenteopicta taiwana (Wileman, 1911) (Taiwan)

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