Ditrigona lineata
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Kingdom: | Animalia
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Phylum: | Arthropoda
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Class: | Insecta
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Species: | D. lineata
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Binomial name | |
Ditrigona lineata (Leech, 1898)
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Ditrigona lineata is a moth in the family Drepanidae. It was described by John Henry Leech in 1898.[1] It is found in China.
The wingspan is 17–19 mm for males and 19–24 mm for females. The forewings and hindwings are lustrous white, the forewings with the costa yellowish brown at the base, the remainder buff. The fasciae are brownish grey, sub-basal, antemedial, postmedial and two subterminal, all more or less evenly spaced. The hindwings are similar to the forewings.[2]
Subspecies[]
- Ditrigona lineata lineata (China: Yunnan, Sichuan)
- Ditrigona lineata tephroides Wilkinson, 1968 (China: Shensi, Tibet)
References[]
- ^ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Ditrigona lineata". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 22, 2018.
- ^ Wilkinson, Christopher (1968). "A taxonomic revision of the genus Ditrigona (Lepidoptera: Drepanidae: Drepaninae)". The Transactions of the Zoological Society of London. 31 (4).
Categories:
- Moths described in 1898
- Drepaninae
- Moths of Asia
- Drepaninae stubs