Dipriodonta

Dipriodonta is a monotypic genus of moths belonging to the subfamily Drepaninae and contains Dipriodonta sericea as only species,[1] which is found in India (Khasia Hills).

Dipriodonta
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Dipriodonta

Warren, 1897
Species:
D. sericea
Binomial name
Dipriodonta sericea
Warren, 1897
Synonyms
  • Macrocilix sericea

The wingspan is 21 mm. The forewings are silky white with two faint brown lines near the base, strongly curved in the cell. There is a waved brown line from the costa before the middle to the inner margin before the middle, distinct below the median. There is a similar outer line from two-thirds of the costa to three-fourths of the inner margin. There is a brown shade on the costa beyond it, forming two dark lunules and dots between veins 2 and 4, and a dot on the inner margin. A grey marginal shade rises from two black subapical dots and there are some black specks at the apex, as well as a black spot at the base of the discocellular, and a minute dot on the inner margin close to the base. The hindwings have a faint median line, a double grey postmedian, the outer arm marked with black dots on the veins. There is also a single curved submarginal line and a minute black dot at the lower end of the cell.[2]

References

  1. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Dipriodonta sericea". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 1, 2018.
  2. Novit. zool. 4 : 14


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