Tridrepana flava

Tridrepana flava
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Drepanidae
Genus:	Tridrepana
Species:	T. flava
Binomial name
Tridrepana flava (Moore, 1879)
Synonyms
Drepana flava Moore, 1879 Albara flava Callidrepana flava Iridrepana flava

Tridrepana flava is a moth of the Drepanidae family. It is found in the north-eastern parts of the Himalaya, China, Taiwan, Sundaland, and Sulawesi.

The larvae feed on the leaves of Eurya japonica. Mature larvae curl a leaf margin and fix it with silk to pupate inside.^[1]

Subspecies

• Tridrepana flava flava (India, north-eastern Himalaya, Taiwan, China: Jiangxi, Fujian, Guangdong, Hainan, Guangxi, Yunnan)
• Tridrepana flava contracta Watson, 1957 (Sundaland)
• Tridrepana flava unita Watson, 1957 (Sulawesi)

References

1. Larval Morphology and Host Plants of Drepanidea (Lepidoptera: Drepanidae) in Southern Taiwan

External links

• The Moths of Borneo