Tridrepana olivacea

Tridrepana olivacea is a moth in the family Drepanidae. It was described by Warren in 1922.[1] It is found in New Guinea, extending to Goodenough Island and the Bismarck Archipelago.[2][3]

Tridrepana olivacea
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Drepanidae
Genus: Tridrepana
Species:
T. olivacea
Binomial name
Tridrepana olivacea
(Warren, 1922)
Synonyms
  • Iridrepana olivacea Warren, 1922
  • Tridrepana fulvata ab. olivacea
  • Iridrepana semirufa Warren, 1922
  • Tridrepana semirufata
  • Iridrepana semirufa elegans Warren, 1922
  • Iridrepana semirufa ab. diluta Warren, 1922
  • Tridrepana tristigma Warren, 1922

The wingspan is about 34–41 mm for males and about 44.5 mm for females.[4]

Subspecies
  • Tridrepana olivacea olivacea
  • Tridrepana olivacea crocata Watson, 1957 (Rook Island and New Britain)

References
  1. Beccaloni, George; et al., eds. (February 2005). "Scientific name search". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum, London.
  2. The Hooktips (Drepanidae, Drepaninae) of Papua Indonesia
  3. Avon, Christophe. "Heterocera Papua and West-Papua (Indonesian New Guinea) W.A.S. World Archives of Sciences Auto-Completed Monograph".
  4. Watson, Allan (1957). "A revision of the genus Tridrepana Swinhoe (Lepidoptera: Drepanidae)". Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Entomology. 4 (9): 407–500 – via BioStor.


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