Ditrigona marmorea

Ditrigona marmorea
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Drepanidae
Genus: Ditrigona
Species: D. marmorea
Binomial name
Ditrigona marmorea
Wilkinson, 1968

Ditrigona marmorea is a moth in the Drepanidae family. It was described by Wilkinson in 1968.[1] It is found in India (Assam) and China.

The wingspan is 17.5 mm. The fore- and hindwings are lustrous white, the forewings with the costa buff changing to brown at the base. There are pale brownish grey, sub-basal, antemedial, postmedial and dentate subterminal fasciae. The hindwings are as the forewings but with weak sub-basal fascia.[2]

References

  1. LepIndex
  2. 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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