Ditrigona chama
| Ditrigona chama | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Drepanidae |
| Genus: | Ditrigona |
| Species: | D. chama |
| Binomial name | |
| Ditrigona chama Wilkinson, 1968 | |
Ditrigona chama is a moth in the Drepanidae family. It was described by Wilkinson in 1968.[1] It is found in China.
The wingspan is 17-20 mm for males and 17-21.5 mm for females. The fore- and hindwings are lustrous white, the forewings have the base of the costa yellowish brown, becoming paler distally. There are pale greyish brown antemedial and postmedial fasciae and a double lunulate terminal fascia. The hindwings are as the forewings, with the fasciae continuous with those of the forewings.[2]
References
- ↑ LepIndex
- ↑ Wilkinson, Christopher, 1968: A taxonomic revision of the genus Ditrigona (Lepidoptera: Drepanidae: Drepaninae). The Transactions of the Zoological Society of London Volume 31, Issue 4; Abstract: A taxonomic revision of the genus Ditrigona (Lepidoptera: Drepanidae: Drepaninae)
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