Tridrepana argentistriga

Tridrepana argentistriga

"Tridrepana argentistriga" is a moth in the family Drepanidae. It was described by Warren in 1896. It is found in Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia, Myanmar and Hainan, China.
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Appearance

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.

Naming

*"Tridrepana argentistriga argentistriga"
⤷ "Tridrepana argentistriga brevilinea" Watson, 1957

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Taxonomy
KingdomAnimalia
DivisionArthropoda
ClassInsecta
OrderLepidoptera
FamilyDrepanidae
GenusTridrepana
SpeciesT. argentistriga
Photographed in
Malaysia