Drepana rufofasciata
Drepana rufofasciata is a moth in the family Drepanidae. It was described by George Hampson in 1893.[1] It is found in Sikkim in India and Tibet in China.[2]
| Drepana rufofasciata | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Drepanidae |
| Genus: | Drepana |
| Species: | D. rufofasciata |
| Binomial name | |
| Drepana rufofasciata Hampson, [1893] | |
The wingspan is 43 mm. The forewings are pale brown, with a broad median rufous band occupying half of the wing and bearing two white spots on the costa, from which indistinct pale waved lines proceed to the inner margin. There is a grey-centered dark spot at the lower angle of the cell. There is a submarginal series of black specks. The hindwings are pale brown, with traces of two antemedial pale lines, a black speck at the end of the cell and three postmedial waved lines.[3]
References
- Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Drepana rufofasciata". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 22, 2018. Note: This source gives 1892 as the year of description.
- Savela, Markku. "Drepana rufofasciata Hampson, [1893]". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved August 5, 2018.
- Hampson, G. F. (1892). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma: Moths Volume I. Taylor and Francis. p. 334 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
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