Marplena

Marplena
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Drepanidae
Subfamily:	Thyatirinae
Genus:	Marplena ; Lane, 1973
Species:	M. designina
Binomial name
	Marplena designina; Lane, 1973

Last updated August 09, 2025

Marplena designina is a moth in the family Drepanidae and the only species in the genus Marplena. Both species and genus were described by Maureen A. Lane in 1973.^[1] It is found in South Africa.^[2]

References

↑ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Marplena". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index . Natural History Museum . Retrieved 11 July 2018.
↑ De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2019). "Marplena designina Lane, 1973". Afromoths. Retrieved March 12, 2020.

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[LepIndex-1] Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Marplena". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index . Natural History Museum . Retrieved 11 July 2018.

[2] De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2019). "Marplena designina Lane, 1973". Afromoths. Retrieved March 12, 2020.

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