Tridrepana argentistriga
Tridrepana argentistriga is a moth in the family Drepanidae. It was described by Warren in 1896.[1] It is found in Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia (Borneo, Sulawesi), Myanmar[2] and Hainan, China.[3]
| Tridrepana argentistriga | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Drepanidae |
| Genus: | Tridrepana |
| Species: | T. argentistriga |
| Binomial name | |
| Tridrepana argentistriga Warren, 1896 | |
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The wingspan is about 32 mm. The forewings are yellow, the outer half with pale red-brown suffusion. There is a dark red-brown line from before the apex to the middle of the inner margin, meeting a vertical line which becomes obsolete at the median. There is also an irregularly wavy red-brown submarginal line, its upper half edged externally with silvery white. The hindwings are yellow, with an oblique antemedial line and a fine postmedial line. There is an oval silvery spot at the lower end of the discocellular, and a fine linear spot at the upper end.[4]
Subspecies
- Tridrepana argentistriga argentistriga
- Tridrepana argentistriga brevilinea Watson, 1957 (Sulawesi)
References
- Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Tridrepana argentistriga". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 29, 2018.
- Savela, Markku. "Tridrepana Swinhoe, 1895". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved August 5, 2018.
- Song, Wenhui; Xue, Dayong; Han, Hongxiang (September 12, 2011). "A taxonomic revision of Tridrepana Swinhoe, 1895 in China, with descriptions of three new species (Lepidoptera, Drepanidae)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 3021: 39–62 – via India Biodiversity Portal.
- Novitates Zoologicae 3: 339
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