Pentateucha stueningi Owada & Kitching, 1997,in Kitching, Owada & Brechlin,Tinea15: 88.Type locality: China, Chekiang [Zhejiang], west Tien-mu-shan [Tianmu Shan].
This species flies at altitude during early spring in the isolated warm temperate mountains of Zhejiang and neighbouring Anhui.
China: 7-17.ii (Fujian); 29.ii (Zhejiang); 8-9.iii (Zhejiang; Fujian); 10-20.iii (Fujian); 28.iii (Zhejiang); 6.iv (Zhejiang); iv (Jiangxi; Hunan).
OVUM: Unknown.
LARVA: Unknown.
PUPA: Unknown.
Larval hostplants. Unknown, but probably a species ofIlex like other members of the genus.
Unknown.
China: Anhui (Mt. Huang Shan); Zhejiang (Tianmu Shan; Baiyunyuan Scenic Area, 300m; Wutou; Dongwukeng; Wuyanling National Nature Reserve); Sichuan (Ya'an); Hunan (Nanling Shan); Jiangxi (Wuyi Shan); Fujian (Wuyi Shan; Ningde; Lingtou area; Nanping; Anrensi (Southeast Gate)); Guangdong (Nanling Shan).
Endemic to mountainous areas of southeastern China.
Unknown.
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