Deroca inconclusa

Deroca inconclusa is a moth in the family Drepanidae. It was described by Francis Walker in 1856.[1] It is found in northern India, Myanmar, China (Sichuan, Yunnan, Shensi)[2] and Japan.

Deroca inconclusa
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Drepanidae
Genus: Deroca
Species:
D. inconclusa
Binomial name
Deroca inconclusa
(Walker, 1856)
Synonyms
  • Cypra inconclusa Walker, 1856

The wingspan is 25–35 mm.[3] Adults are white, the wings nearly hyaline (glass like) with two incomplete pale greyish bands. One marginal and the other submarginal. The forewings have three pale greyish spots along the costa and one at the tip of the discal areolet.[4]

Subspecies
  • Deroca inconclusa inconclusa (northern India, Myanmar, China: Sichuan, Yunnan)
  • Deroca inconclusa carinata Watson, 1957 (China: Shensi)
  • Deroca inconclusa phasma Butler, 1878 (Japan)

References
  1. Beccaloni, George; et al. (February 2005). "Scientific name search". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum, London.
  2. Savela, Markku. "Deroca inconclusa (Walker, 1856)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved February 5, 2018.
  3. Japanese Moths
  4. List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum 7: 1727 Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.


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