Ditrigona sericea

Ditrigona sericea
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Drepanidae
Genus:	Ditrigona
Species:	D. sericea
Binomial name
	Ditrigona sericea; (Leech, 1898)
Synonyms
	Teldenia sericea Leech, 1898; Drepana fulvicosta Dudgeon, 1899; Peridrepana fulvicosta; Leucodrepana nivea birmanica Bryk, 1943;

Ditrigona sericea is a moth in the family Drepanidae. It was described by John Henry Leech in 1898.^[1] It is found in China, Myanmar and north-eastern India.

The wingspan is 12.5-17.5 mm for males and 15–21 mm for females. The forewings are white with the base of the costa pale brown. There are five brownish grey transverse fasciae: sub-basal, antemedial, broad postmedial and double subterminal. The last three are lunulate. The hindwings are as the forewings.^[2]

References[]

^ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Ditrigona sericea". 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).

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[1] Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Ditrigona sericea". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 22, 2018.

[2] Wilkinson, Christopher (1968). "A taxonomic revision of the genus Ditrigona (Lepidoptera: Drepanidae: Drepaninae)". The Transactions of the Zoological Society of London. 31 (4).

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