Callidrepana patrana explained

Callidrepana patrana is a moth in the family Drepanidae. It was described by Frederic Moore in 1866. It is found in Nepal, India, Cambodia, Sri Lanka,[1] Thailand, mainland China, Japan and Taiwan.[2]

Description

The wingspan is 29–36 mm. Adults have been recorded in April and June.[3] Head fulvous. Thorax and abdomen pale fawn in colour. Wings are pale or dark dawn-colour. Forewings with traces of an ante-medial waved line. Often wanting dark patch on the discocellulars. A double brown line runs from the apex to inner margin beyond the middle. A series of sub-marginal dark specks found on the veins. The area in the cell and below the costa, the veins, the outer edge of the oblique line and the outer margin spangled with brilliant bluish-silver scales. Hindwings have a double straight medial line not reaching the costa. A post-medial series of specks present. Outer edge of the line and outer margin is with silvery scales. The Sri Lankan form is much darker with discocellular patch of the forewing is broken up into three small spots and with more silvery irroration (sprinkles).[4]

The larvae feed on the leaves of Rhus succedanea and Rhus ambigus.[5]

Subspecies

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Callidrepana patrana Taken at Sinharaja Rainforest, Sri Lanka on 18 January 2012 . Gary Thoburns Photography . 13 July 2016.
  2. Web site: Savela . Markku . Callidrepana patrana (Moore, [1866]) ]. Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms . November 18, 2018.
  3. Web site: felix Lin . Oriental Butterflies and Moths . Geocities.ws . 2011-12-19.
  4. Book: Hampson, G. F. . George Hampson

    . George Hampson . The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma: Moths Volume I . Taylor and Francis . 1892 . Biodiversity Heritage Library.

  5. Web site: Larval Morphology and Host Plants of Drepanidea (Lepidoptera: Drepanidae) in Southern Taiwan . PDF . 2011-12-19 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120425144509/http://140.112.100.38/chinese/publication/journal/pdf/t2201/t220103.pdf . 2012-04-25 .