Drepana rufofasciata

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Drepana rufofasciata
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Drepanidae
Genus: Drepana
Species:
D. rufofasciata
Binomial name
Drepana rufofasciata
Hampson, [1893]

Drepana rufofasciata is a moth in the family Drepanidae. It was described by George Hampson in 1893. [1] It is found in Sikkim in India and Tibet in China. [2]

The wingspan is 43 mm. The forewings are pale brown, with a broad median rufous band occupying half of the wing and bearing two white spots on the costa, from which indistinct pale waved lines proceed to the inner margin. There is a grey-centered dark spot at the lower angle of the cell. There is a submarginal series of black specks. The hindwings are pale brown, with traces of two antemedial pale lines, a black speck at the end of the cell and three postmedial waved lines. [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). "Drepana rufofasciata". 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. "Drepana rufofasciata Hampson, [1893]". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved August 5, 2018.
  3. ↑ Hampson, G. F. (1892). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma: Moths Volume I. Taylor and Francis. p. 334 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.PD-icon.svgThis article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .


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