Tridrepana hypha

Tridrepana hypha is a moth in the family Drepanidae. It was described by Hong-Fu Chu and Lin-Yao Wang in 1988.[1] It is found in Yunnan, China.

Tridrepana hypha
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Drepanidae
Genus: Tridrepana
Species:
T. hypha
Binomial name
Tridrepana hypha
Chu & Wang, 1988

Adults are similar to Tridrepana finita, but larger and there are two brownish black spots near the lower angle of the cell on the forewings. The postmedial line is thin, wavy and nearly continuous.[2]

References

  1. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Tridrepana hyphaโ€‹". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 29, 2018.
  2. 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: 39โ€“62 โ€“ via India Biodiversity Portal.


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