Ditrigona idaeoides

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Ditrigona idaeoides
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D. idaeoides
Binomial name
Ditrigona idaeoides
(Hampson, [1893])
Synonyms
  • Leucodrepana idaeoidesHampson, [1893]

Ditrigona idaeoides is a moth in the family Drepanidae. It was described by George Hampson in 1893. [1] It is found in Sri Lanka [2] and Sikkim, India.

The length of the forewings is 15-16.5 mm for males and 16-17.5 mm for females. [3] Adults are pure shining white, the forewings with an indistinct subbasal fuscous line. Both wings have two oblique antemedial waved lines and two postmedial lines, angled below the costa of the forewings and bent towards the inner margin of the hindwings. There is a waved submarginal and a fine marginal line. [4]

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References

  1. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Ditrigona idaeoides". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index . Natural History Museum . Retrieved May 22, 2018. Note: This source gives 1892 as the year of description.
  2. Savela, Markku. "Ditrigona idaeoides (Hampson, [1893])". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved August 7, 2018.
  3. Wilkinson, Christopher, 1968: A taxonomic revision of the genus Ditrigona (Lepidoptera: Drepanidae: Drepaninae). The Transactions of the Zoological Society of London. 31 (4); Abstract: A taxonomic revision of the genus Ditrigona (Lepidoptera: Drepanidae: Drepaninae)
  4. Hampson, G. F. (1892). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma: Moths Volume I. Moths - Vol. I. Taylor and Francis. p. 333 via Biodiversity Heritage Library.