Archidrepana

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Archidrepana
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Drepanidae
Subfamily: Drepaninae
Genus: Archidrepana
Warren, 1902
Species:
A. saturniata
Binomial name
Archidrepana saturniata
Warren, 1902 [1]

Archidrepana is a monotypic moth genus belonging to the subfamily Drepaninae. This genus was erected by William Warren in 1902. Its only species, Archidrepana saturniata, described by the same author in the same year, is known from the Comoros (Grande Comore) and from Madagascar.

This species has a wingspan of 52 mm. [2]

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References

  1. De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2018). "Archidrepana saturniata Warren, 1902". Afromoths. Retrieved August 14, 2018.
  2. Warren, W. 1902. New African Drepanulidae, Thyrididae, Epiplemidae, and Geometridae in the Tring Museum. Novitates Zoologicae 9:487–536.