Ditrigona lineata
| Ditrigona lineata | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Drepanidae |
| Genus: | Ditrigona |
| Species: | D. lineata |
| Binomial name | |
| Ditrigona lineata (Leech, 1898) | |
| Synonyms | |
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Ditrigona lineata is a moth in the Drepanidae family. It was described by Leech in 1898.[1] It is found in China.
The wingspan is 17-19 mm for males and 19-24 mm for females. The fore- and hindwings are lustrous white, the forewings with the costa yellowish brown at the base, the remainder buff. The fasciae are brownish grey, sub-basal, antemedial, postmedial and two subterminal, all more or less evenly spaced. The hindwings are similar to the forewings.[2]
Subspecies
- Ditrigona lineata lineata (China: Yunnan, Sichuan)
- Ditrigona lineata tephroides Wilkinson, 1968 (China: Shensi, Tibet)
References
- ↑ LepIndex
- ↑ Wilkinson, Christopher, 1968: A taxonomic revision of the genus Ditrigona (Lepidoptera: Drepanidae: Drepaninae). The Transactions of the Zoological Society of London Volume 31, Issue 4; Abstract: A taxonomic revision of the genus Ditrigona (Lepidoptera: Drepanidae: Drepaninae)
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