Didymana bidens

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Didymana bidens
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D. bidens
Binomial name
Didymana bidens
(Leech, 1890)
Synonyms
  • Drepana bidensLeech, 1890
  • Didymana reneiBryk, 1943

Didymana bidens is a moth in the family Drepanidae. It was described by John Henry Leech in 1890. [1] It is found in the Chinese provinces of Hubei, Sichuan, Yunnan, Shaanxi and Fujian and in north-eastern Myanmar. [2]

The wingspan is about 30 mm. The forewings are purplish black, the outer margin bordered with tawny, interrupted by a line and cloud of the ground colour and preceded by a broad whitish band. The hindwings are similar to the forewings, but paler and without the submarginal band. [3]

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References

  1. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Didymana bidens". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index . Natural History Museum . Retrieved May 22, 2018.
  2. Savela, Markku. "Didymana bidens (Leech, 1890)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved August 7, 2018.
  3. Entomologist 23: 113